Psalm 48:1-14
Key
Verses:48:9-10
“We pondered
your love-in-action, God, waiting in your temple: Your name, God, evokes a
train of Hallelujahs wherever it is spoken, near and far; your arms are heaped
with goodness-in-action.” The Message
Love-in-action, what a great way to translate the Hebrew word, “Hesed.”
Typically it is translated loving faithfulness. It is a word used to describe
the consistent, faithful, kind, caring, generous, unassuming, extravagant love
God has for us. It is God reaching into our lives, and loving us where we are,
just as we are, without condition or end. God’s Hesed is always at work in our
lives, even when we do not recognize it, even when we do not believe. God is
there, at work, brining good things into our lives. The small joys we find in
each day. When we are able to find beauty even in the darkest situations, that
is God’s “love-in-action” at work. All we have to do to see it is, open our
eyes and look around. The old hymn, says, “count your blessings, name them one
by one, count your blessings and see what God has done. . . “God is at work bringing
good things into our lives every day, it is up to us to recognize God’s love-in-action
in all they places and ways it is active.
Thing to
Think on
What does God’s
“love-in-action” look like?
Think about all
the great and mighty, wonderful and good things God has done.
What comes to
mind? How is God great?
In what ways
do you see God’s greatness do you see at work in the world?
In what ways
is God’s goodness made manifest in the world around you?
If you were
to come up with one word to express your thankfulness and praise to God what would
that word be?
A Prayer for
Today
Your love is all around me. Your presence your joy, your beauty, your
goodness, your forgiveness, your redemption are always at work in this world.
Sometimes it is to see, especially when my eyes are clouded with the difficulties
and hardships going on in my life. Help me to see you, to see you at work. Help
me to recognize your love-in-action, in my life and in the world around me.
Open my eyes that I may see. - Amen
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