Psalm 40:16

But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;

may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the Lord!”

~ Psalm 40:16

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He Thinks of Me

Standing on the choir risers, I tossed back my curls and opened my choir book, looking out over the sanctuary. As the music started, I took a breath and began to sing. We sang a medley that I was familiar with, so I was able to sing my heart out, praising the Lord to the words of "Above All" and the hymn "My Savior's Love". When we reached the end of the arrangement, we sang the words, "You took the fall, and thought of me, above all." Instantly, I remembered something I had read in my devotions the day before.

I had been reading Psalm 40 and when I reached the end, I came to this incredible verse: As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God! (Psalm 40:11). When I read that yesterday, I was amazed. God thinks of me!

Isn't it incredible that we are on God's mind? As I realize what an amazing gift it is to be thought of by God, I am especially in awe that He thinks of someone like me, who is poor and needy, like the verse says. I am poor. He's rich. I am weak. He's strong. I am needy. He has everything. I am empty. He is full.

Despite my littleness, He takes thought for me. This knowledge makes me worship Him more. My awesome God reaches down into my life and cares about little me. I don't deserve His care or His thoughts. But He thinks of me. 

King David felt the same way! In Psalm 8, He wrote, O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! He continued in the following verses to praise God for His mighty works. Then he said, "What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?" Who are we that the Lord should be mindful of us? Who are we that the God of the universe should think of us?

We are His children (1 John 3:1), so He thinks of us as a good father thinks of his children. We are His bride (Isaiah 54:5), so He thinks of us as a good husband thinks of his bride. We are His sheep (Psalm 100:3), so He thinks of us as a good shepherd thinks of his sheep.

In His love, God takes thought for us. He is mindful of us. That's pretty amazing. We are loved and thought of by our awesome God. He is so good to us. 

Blessings,

Christina

Soli Deo Gloria ~ To God Alone Be the Glory!

Revelation 21:5b

“Behold, I am making all things new.”

Revelation 21:5b