Verse of the Day 7/5

Verse of the Day 7/5

Psalm 107:8-9

New King James Version

8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For He satisfies the longing soul,
And fills the hungry soul with goodness.

Today's verses came up in my daily reading in Psalms as part of my devotions.  The passage is fitting coming off of July 4 and the celebrations of our country's independence hundreds of years ago.  Many, if not most of our founding fathers thanked the Lord for accomplishing this independence and were careful to acknowledge Him in their declaration of independence.

Whenver I read "oh" in Bible verses I feel that there was a sense of longing with it.  Such as "oh" that we would remember, that we would return to that mindset.  Holidays are a good time to look back and reflect, to give thanks, to shout praise and to celebrate what God has done for us.  But it not just holidays, it should be every day, all the way.

Thinking of our longings, I'm reminded of the old hymn, Jesus, Sweetest Name I Know.

There's within my heart a melody
Jesus whispers sweet and low,
Fear not, I am with thee, peace, be still
In all of life's ebb and flow.

Chorus
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Sweetest Name I know
Fills my every longing
Keeps me singing as I go.

Verse 2
All my life was wrecked by sin and strife
Discord filled my heart with pain
Jesus swept across the broken strings
Stirred the slumb'ring chords again

Verse 3
Feasting on the riches of His grace
Resting 'neath His shelt'ring wing
Always looking on His smiling face
That is why I shout and sing

Verse 4
Tho' sometimes He leads thro' waters deep
Trials fall across the way
Tho' sometimes the path seems rough and steep
See His footprints all the way

Verse 5
Soon He's coming back to welcome me
Far beyond the starry sky
I shall wing my flight to worlds unknown
I shall reign with Him on high

May you have and may He fill such longings today.

Blessings,

Mike

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Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV

Psalm 107:8-16

New King James Version

8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For He satisfies the longing soul,
And fills the hungry soul with goodness.

10 Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Bound[a] in affliction and irons—
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And [b]despised the counsel of the Most High,
12 Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.
15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
16 For He has broken the gates of bronze,
And cut the bars of iron in two.