God My Father - Podcast EP 18
Weekly empowerments with Pastor Michelle Jean-Louis. Weekly Empowerment by Pastor Michelle Jean-Louis.
Good morning family*Billy Graham* made this profound statement over 50 years ago, “_In this age with all the emptiness, the loneliness, the anguish, the guilt and the bereavement and the suffering in the world, it is a thrilling thing to know that God is for every person everywhere as individuals._” * I marvel at the reality that since these words were spoken over 5 decades ago the world has become even more empty and lonely for so many people, but God has made provision for us. * The truth is that you and I are absolutely seen and loved by our Heavenly Father. Our series is themed “*God my Father”* and we are reflecting on Psalm 139 - this passage of scripture explains the unconditional love that our Heavenly Father has for each one of us. *Psalm 139:17 - 18 AMP*17¶How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! 18If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.*Some thoughts on our verse:*1. David compares God's thoughts to grains of sand - numerous and beyond our ability to count them.2. *God is constantly thinking about us* - thinking about the season that we might be going through right now. Whether it is a wonderful season or whether it is a difficult season or a painful season - whatever the circumstances of our lives, God has got you and me on His mind.3. As David contemplates the magnitude of God’s thoughts towards him, he is grateful to the point that he begins to meditate on the goodness of God.4. David’s meditation on our Heavenly Father’s goodness causes him to wake up in the morning thinking of God and acknowledging that God is always with him.5. The truth is that *God is always with us* - we are surrounded by His love through every season that we may go through.6. The Word of God in *Romans 8:38-39* reminds us of God’s commitment and love for each one of us, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” We live in a world where so many people feel lonely and unseen. But this is the promise of our Good Shepherd - He loves us to the point of constantly thinking good thoughts about us and desiring His absolute best for our lives. Nothing that we have endured or still will go through in our lifetime can change how much He loves you and me. Today, can we REST in the love that God our Father has for us.
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