Day 31

3/8/2015

Deuteronomy 8:17-18 (ESV) 17 Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’18 You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Meditative thoughts:
What has my heavenly Father done for me that I would join Luther in saying, “for all this, it is my duty to thank and praise, to serve and obey Him?”
How often do I give God the credit for what I do and what I have?

Judy Grulke

3/7/2015 06:14:16 am

From: What Luther Says, Plass, cph. – 4831

When riches come, the godless heart of man thinks: I have achieved this with my labors.
It does not consider that these are purely blessings of God,
blessings that at times come to us through our labors and at times without our labors, but never because of our labors; for God always gives them because of His undeserved mercy.

He uses our labor as a sort of mask, under the cover of which He blesses us and grants us what is His, so that there is room for faith and we do not imagine that by our own efforts and labors we have achieved what is ours.

A Psalm of David. (King James 2000)
Thanks For the LORD'S Mercy
Psalm 103
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases;
4 Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things; so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.
9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

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