August 9: Psalm 147:13-14
 
Key Verse: Psalm 147:13
He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
 
Devotion:
After all the Jews went through, from being under slave rule in Egypt to wandering through the desert, they knew how to depend on God. But, as time went by, they grew cold because they were too comfortable living with all the good things God continued to give them. God does indeed look after us, but we must always acknowledge all He is doing in our lives at all times.
 
The psalmist writes of the strength, power, peace and good living the people of Israel enjoyed living under God. You would think they would be praising God continually for everything – but we get far too used to the good life and we take it for granted. These are the dangerous times because we are no longer giving God the glory for what He is doing for us.
 
If we know God is helping us in any way, we should be telling the people around us how wonderful God is for what He is doing. How else are they going to learn of the virtues of our God unless we tell them. If they don’t know God, how will they get to learn of the amazing things He does and the love we share with Him?
 
God wants us to tell of His greatness, to encourage others to seek Him and to show they too can experience the peace and good life we have in Him if they too seek Him each day. There is the catch – we should be willing to seek Him out at all times and to share Him at all times. Christ came into the world to do many things, one of which was to remind us of the greatness of our God!
 
Points to Ponder:
Do you know what God does for you each day?
 
How many people did you tell of the great things God did for you today?