What Words Are We Repeating, What Words Are We Believing

 

And they sang responsively,

For He is good,

for His steadfast love

      endures forever.

           Ezra 3. 11

This truth is repeated

    41 times in the Old Testament.

God repeats in Scripture  

  what He doesn't want us

         to forget or ignore.

It is like putting it in BOLD type,

    underlined, 

    and in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

It is a call to worship,

a shout of praise

       and thankfulness,

and a daily reminder to us

   Who He is

   and who we are

             as His beloved.

Also translated as lovingkindness,

steadfast love spells out the goodness, 

    kindness and faithfulness of God.

When we recite these words,

     when we sing them,

when we engrave them 

                 on our hearts,

we put God in His rightful place.

If we start the day repeating this truth,  

 how differently we would live

     and respond to circumstances.

And at bedtime,

       grasp His immensity.

O LORD,

You are good.

You do good.

You cover us with Your goodness,

  even in unexpected ways.

Even in the hard stuff,

   we can know Your goodness there.

Keep our eyes on You.

Help us to know a hard thing

    may be an extreme grace. 

Your steadfast love

   does not just last,

but endures forever.

 

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