MY
DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion
for Wednesday May 31, 2017
Topic:
Rejoice With Me
Text:
Psalm 118:1 – 24
There are days when the last thing we
want to do is rejoice. On such days our mood is down, our situation is out of
hand, and our sorrow or guilt is overwhelming. On such day, we will wish death
to come and take us but not so on a day like this for me and my family.
This psalm is the last of ‘Hallel’ or
Praise psalms (Ps 113 – 118). It is caption Praise for Deliverance. There are
things God does for us that we cannot keep quiet about. Here, the Psalmist
called on us to give thanks to God (118:1) for his mercies (118:1 – 4). He
recounted how he called on the Lord and He answered (118:5). This boosted his
confidence in God to assert that he will not fear man. This made him to call on
us to put our confidence in God and not man. For what God did for him, he called
on those who love God, to rejoice with him.
In the same way, I am calling on
those who love God to rejoice with me because of what God had done in my life.
Today, I am celebrating my 50th Birthday. I never knew I would be alive due to
the waters, rivers and fires of life I had passed through. Nobody who saw me in
the year 2003 would believe that I would be alive to see this day but my prayer
then had been Ps 118:17.
Today, I have every reason to rejoice
and I say to God, “Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through
them, and I will praise the Lord. I will praise you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation. This was the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in
our eyes. This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be
glad in it. Join me on Saturday 3rd June, 2017 in a Birthday Thanksgiving Service at
Cathedral Church of St. Peter Asaba by 10:00am. God bless you.
Food
for Thought:
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
Memory
verse:
Psalm 118 verse 24
Prayer:
Join me to thank God for my life and pray for more mercies and grace upon my
life and family on this my birthday.
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