It's the Simple Things
Is there an area of your life that you are having difficulty with? The temptation is to dread that part of your life. But instead of having fear, have faith… in God’s lovingkindness…today.
Yesterday morning, after I wrote my blog, I paused and asked God to please show me His lovingkindness “today.” It came in the area that I often have difficulty in. As a freelance writer for foodservice magazines, I’m always setting up and conducting phone interviews with chefs. Getting enough of them lined up and done before the deadline is always a challenge. I had one lined up two days ago, and he stood me up. That doesn’t happen very often. But the chef was AWOL. I nearly wrote that one off. Yesterday that chef called me out of the blue. That has never happened before (I always have to call or it doesn’t happen. Chefs are busy people). And when he called, I wasn’t in the middle of something else. His timing was perfect. And I thanked God for His lovingkindness. You see, God’s kindnesses come in little ways that we might take for granted. But one of the things God does, we forget, is work in the heart of the king (chef, in my case), turning it whatsoever way He will (Prov. 21:1). We receive gracious gifts from God every day, and we miss the fact that He was behind it, and He doesn’t get the glory.
Watching for and expecting God’s lovingkindness needs to become a habit. It was a habit for David. He acknowledged God for His lovingkindnesses.
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. Psalms 26:3
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. Psalms 36:7
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. Psalms 138:2
Once again, today don’t live in dread. Don’t just go through your daily motions. Watch for God’s lovingkindnesses. Acknowledge them when they come. Give God praise.
Jer 9:23-24 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: (24) But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.