THANKFUL

 Chatting with Jesus

Monday, February 24, 2025

Lord, from Genesis to Revelation, the Scriptures detail your love relationship with mankind. We learn early in Genesis chapter three how after the fall of man into sin you described your promise to send us a Savior to redeem humanity back into relationship with you. Your redemptive plan is humanity’s only hope, as there is no way we can atone for our fallen state ourselves.

Our lives are much like the psalmist. Scripture suggests his relationship with you was up one day, down the next. Consistency to walk fully with you presented a challenge. Lord, was the psalmist frustrated with his inconsistent walk of faith? Maybe he feared you would withdraw your promise of blessings and redemption? Your Spirit must have comforted his inner man when he wrote these passages:

“Remember your promise to me; it is my only hope. Your promise revives me. (Psalm 119:49, 50).

We’re grateful the psalmist recorded his anxious statements when he found himself in a quandary. Over the centuries, the story of his faith has encouraged humankind. This plight amid troubles proves humanity’s problems are nothing new. These problems have been around long before the psalmist recorded his feelings. But the psalmist put his hope in you, Lord. He firmly believed you would deliver on your promise: If the psalmist placed his trust in you, then you would sustain and empower him in all circumstances. During good times or times of lack, the psalmist placed his faith in what you promised his inner man.

Lord, thank you for your complete Word that we can read and put into use in our lives. May we be sensitive to your voice when you speak to our inner man through your Word.

Amen, Jesus.