Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
Can you think a moment and envision God in the way that Psalm 145 does? The Book of Psalms is where our intimate closeness to the King of the Universe is emphasized; you and I may be the most lowly inhabitants of this globe, yet we remember that "the Lord thinks upon me" (Psalm 40:17).
You are delighted when a friend tells you he or she has been thinking about you--with good will.
Well, it is solid truth that the Lord, infinite though He is, busy as He is keeping the Milky Way running smoothly, takes time to devote His thought processes to you and me individually, with good will (cf. Luke 2:14). "In Christ" the infinite Father is as close to you and me, unworthy as we are, as if we were the only inhabitants of this "desert island" of earth.
Yes, we must as the most rudimentary lesson of heaven's kindergarten, believe two magnificent things: (1) "he that comes to God must believe that He is, and (2) that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him" (Heb. 11:6). He has reconciled us who are in heart at "enmity against God" (Rom. 8:7), but at the same time we must let go this enmity we have: now "be reconciled to God" (2 Cor. 5:20).
Here is how Psalm 145 pictures God (it's like He puts pictures in His Bible like we put pictures in our books): here is the mighty God kneeling down like you kneel down with some food in your hand to entice a fawn or chipmunk to come and eat out of your hand. "The eyes of all look expectantly to You, and You give them their food in due season." The Lord opens "[His] hand and satisfies the desire of every living thing" (vss. 15, 16). This includes the squirrels and the birds, and the bears--all.
But that's not everything in this "picture." Read more: "The Lord upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down" (vs. 14). "All," yes; if we will let Him do it.
Don't be ashamed to kneel before Him so the entire universe sees you; let everybody on earth and in heaven see that you are "bowed down." When He does that, He puts "a new song" in your soul, even "praise to our God: many will see it, and ... trust in the Lord" (Psalm 40:3).
That's His substitute for an anti-depressant drug, or the psychiatrist's couch.
--Robert J. Wieland
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: October 27, 2007.
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