The Lord is Good!

Oh, give thanks to the LORD,

for He is good!

For His mercy endures forever.

Let the redeemed of the LORD say so...

Psalm 107:1-2, NKJV

Where were you when Jesus found you?

Some were wandering, lost and alone, homeless, helpless, hopeless.  They were tired and weary from aimless meandering, hungry and thirsty in a way that nothing they tried could satisfy.  And then they cried out to the Lord.

Some were sitting in the darkness, surrounded by the shadows of death and despair, afflicted, tormented, imprisoned by their own choices with no thought of escape.  They had fallen and could not get up.  And then they cried out to the Lord.

Some were on their last leg, broken by sin and the destruction it had wreaked in their lives.  They were depressed, defeated, dejected, and alone, they abhorred all the things they used to enjoy and stood on the brink of choosing death over life.  And then they cried out to the Lord.

Some were in one of life's terrible storms, tossed to and fro by the fierce winds and cresting waves.  They feared for their lives, battered, beaten, blown about, unable to correct their course or save themselves.  And then they cried out to the Lord.

The Psalmist records these desperate stations in life, but he also knows that no matter where they were when the Lord found them, when they cried out to Him in their hour of need, He never failed to listen.  He heard their cry, delivered them out of their distresses, and turned their situations around.  He redeemed them from destruction, rescued them from the clutches of death, reversed the ravages of sin, sickness and satan in their lives. 

For this reason, the Psalmist pleads four times:

Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord

for His goodness,

and for His wonderful works

to the children of men! 

Too many times we cry out to God in our desperation, rejoice in his salvation, and then walk on in forgetfulness of all that God has done for us.  Too many times, God gets us out of trouble and we deceive ourselves into thinking we were able to save ourselves after all.  Too many times, we fail to remember all that God has truly done for us.

So remind yourself of the goodness of the Lord!  Remind yourself of where you were when Jesus found you, saved you, delivered you, blessed you, and set you on the path of eternal life.  Remind yourself of everything He has ever done for you along your way.  And thank Him for it.  And if you can't think of anything He's done, just thank Him for who He is.  He is good, and He deserves it!