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Let your worshipers celebrate and be glad because of you. They love your saving power, so let them always say, “God is wonderful!” (Psalm 70:4, CEV).
Butchart Gardens, Victoria, BC — photo by David Kitz
Reflection
This week’s I Love the Psalms theme is celebration.
Many years ago I saw a sign in front of an urban church which read, “Jesus saves!” The grocery store down the street countered with the slogan, “Safeway saves you more!”
So who has more saving power, the gods of merchandise or the God of the universe? The advertising industry certainly works hard at getting us to part with our money. Do you realize that right now, for a limited time you could save $300 on that deluxe barbecue? But here’s an even better saving option. You could save $700 by not giving into that barbecued temptation.
I love the saving that the LORD promotes, because He saves me from my greedy self. We can celebrate that kind of saving, because it’s genuine and personally transforming. It changes us at the core.
Let your worshipers celebrate and be glad because of you. They love your saving power, so let them always say, “God is wonderful!” (Psalm 70:4, CEV).
God is wonderful because through Jesus, He gives us exactly what we need—a Savior.
Response: LORD God, thank you for saving me from being trapped in my sins. Change me from day to day so that I become more like your son, Jesus. I celebrate your love. Amen.
Your Turn: What is wonderful about God’s saving power for you?
I love the Psalms 
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What is wonderful about God’s saving power for me?
Oh, the list is long! Being made a new creature and righteous and holy before a Most Holy God through Christ Jesus’ finished work on the cross and His resurrection that makes me a child of the living God! An heir of the Kingdom! For all eternity in the presence of my Savior who made it possible! I don’t know how beautiful the glorious Kingdom is but with my Lord Jesus, the Holy Lamb of God, there, it must be matchless and a place where we will need eternity to praise Him! Oh, that today we would enter into that sinless perfection and be with our beloved forever! \o/ Maranatha! (okay, I’m dancing now!)
God bless you, brother David, in all that you do for His Kingdom, by His power and for His glory, amen!~
Thanks, Sherry. Keep enjoying the Lord’s saving power.
God’s saving power for me is His grace and forgiveness. Much to keep learning here. I am enjoying the photos you have taken and added to your blog post.
Thanks, Jenny. Ah, grace and forgiveness, I need lots of that.