They are elderly and have very little money. Both have a number of health problems, but despite this, they always seem to have a good attitude and talk about trusting in God. I love to visit with them, and they tell me they pray together every morning asking for God’s care and every evening thanking Him for His watching over them.
The Bible talks a lot about God’s care for us, and the word used is Loving-kindness. The Bible says we can approach God only because He loves and cares for us. Psalm 5:7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you. Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
God will forgive our sins if we ask Him, (confess), and put our trust in Jesus Christ and what He did upon the cross.
1 John 1:9-10 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Two of the greatest things in this life is to have our sins forgiven and a new relationship with God. Psalm 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord! Psalm 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Psalm 59:16 But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.
The Bible says God’s love is everywhere no matter where you go. Psalm 33:5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. Psalm 36:5 Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
We are also encouraged to
never give up trusting in Him.
Psalm 52:8-9 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. 9 I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.
God’s help and watching over us is better than life itself.
Psalm 63:3-4 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. 4 So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
Sadly to say, many will not ask Jesus into their life or trust in God, and it will cost them in this life but so much more in the life to come. Psalm 32:10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.
Those who trust in God will have their life satisfied with many good things. Psalm 90:14
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
See you in Church next Sunday.