Good Morning All!!
Psalm 126:2; “Then our mouth was filled
with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the
nations, “The Lord has done great things for them”
We are all too
often a nation of gloom and doomers. We
are, as Spiro Agnew put it, “nattering nabobs of negativity” and yet of all the
people in the world; we should be the most joyous. The Lord has done great things for us. We live a life that the overwhelming majority
of the world cannot even begin to fathom and yet we complain. God’s blessings have been poured out upon us
and we barely even recognize it. Many in
our country have come to believe that they are in some way, shape or form
entitled to the blessings of God. They
believe that somewhere back in their ancestry, their forefathers and
foremothers had so much faith that they built up blessings which God owes to them
today. So, with that mentality, they are
never happy; they never see the greatness of God’s blessings. They never see the wonder of what God does
for us every day and in every way.
They fail to see the wonder of God’s
grace; the empty tomb, the body and blood in the bread and the wine. They fail to see the comfort God gives them
through their family and through their church.
They fail to see the beauty which he shows us in the flower and the
field, the rushing stream and the still lake.
They are convinced that God is holding out on them and that he owes them
something more.
Yet the Lord has done great things for
us. We get up every morning secure in
the knowledge of our salvation, knowing that the God of love is present in our
lives. The devil cannot harm us. We should be filled with laughter we should
be filled with shouts of joy. We should
sound like every elementary school after a Halloween party, loaded with joy and
sugar-powered laughter. Of all the
people in the world, Christians should be the happiest. We know how the story ends and it ends with
us in eternity with Jesus. How much
greater joy is there? It truly does not
get any better than this anywhere here on earth.
God’s grace fills our lives even when we
don’t think so; God is blessing us with all that we need to support this body
and life. We should be worshipping Him
and giving Him praise for all the blessing we have received but it seems that
Spiro Agnew was right. Too often, in too
many ways we are “nattering nabobs of negativity”. So as we go forth, let’s ask God to help us
see the blessings and grace that we have received and to have our mouth filled
with laughter and our tongues shout for joy.
Dearest Jesus, your mercies are new to us every day. Yet we fail to see them. Lead us to share the joy of your salvation to
engage other with laughter and fellowship, with love and grace which flows from
you through us to all whom we meet.
Bless us Lord and keep us on your path of righteousness. Use us in service to your kingdom. In your precious name we pray, amen
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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