Give Credit Where Credit is Due

Prayer – Lord, to You be the glory and honor. You are the source of everything we have—everything we want—everything we give to others. Yes, are a living God—not an idol. To You be the glory, honor, and praise, now and forever more.

 

Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness. Why let the nations say, "Where is their God?" Our God is in the heavens, and he does as he wishes. Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands. They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see. They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell. They have hands but cannot feel, and feet but cannot walk, and throats but cannot make a sound. And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them. O Israel, trust the LORD! He is your helper and your shield. O priests, descendants of Aaron, trust the LORD! He is your helper and your shield. All you who fear the LORD, trust the LORD! He is your helper and your shield. The LORD remembers us and will bless us. He will bless the people of Israel and bless the priests, the descendants of Aaron. He will bless those who fear the LORD, both great and lowly. May the LORD richly bless both you and your children. May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth. The heavens belong to the LORD, but he has given the earth to all humanity. The dead cannot sing praises to the LORD, for they have gone into the silence of the grave. But we can praise the LORD both now and forever! Praise the LORD! Psalm 115:1-18

 

Meditate. Trust the Lord!                                                              

 

Everything we have is from God.

My cup overflows with blessings!

Psalm 23:5

Everything we have comes from God—everything belongs to Him. Do you realize that? I think we get a little self-righteous sometime thinking that our stuff is ours…and the gifts we give have come from us, but in reality, it is all God’s. Ezra wrote about King David and the gathering of the materials to build the Temple. David obtained—God provided—everything that was needed to build the Temple, but it was Solomon, David’s son, who was king and in charge of actually building the Temple for God. David recognized that everything comes from God and he thanked God and praised His name.

Then David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly: "O LORD, the God of our ancestor Israel, may you be praised forever and ever! Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength. "O our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name! But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us! We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace. "O LORD our God, even this material we have gathered to build a Temple to honor your holy name comes from you! It all belongs to you! 1 Chronicles 29:10-16

This passage in the Psalm of today emphasizes that God will bless those who respect the Lord. Trust Him. Just as David wrote in this Psalm, May the LORD richly bless both you and your children. May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth. The heavens belong to the LORD, but he has given the earth to all humanity. How wonderful to be blessed by the Lord—the powerful and loving God who created heaven, earth, and all that is within it…as well as you and me. Praise the LORD! Tell others about this wonderful God of ours…and give credit where credit is due.

 

Verse of Salvation ~ (From Jacob’s last words in his blessings on his sons.) I trust in you for salvation, O LORD! Genesis 49:18

 

It is still November – consider today: For what are you Thankful?

 

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