ARE WE DOING IT

"Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD."

Psalms 150
King James Version

Do we praise Jesus more than we ask Him for things? Does He have first place in our heart, in our time and in everything we do? If He doesn't have first place, we are hurting Him and braking His heart. After all that He has done for us He deserves to have first place.

Do we trust Jesus to help us? Louisa M. R. Stead wrote a beautiful hymn about our precious Saviour "TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS". The words in this hymn are so true,.

"’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, And to take Him at His word; Just to rest upon His promise, And to know, Thus says the Lord!

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er; Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more!"

There are times when we trust a chair more than we trust Jesus. When we sit down in a chair, we don't stop to wonder if it will hold us and not fall, we just sit down. May God help us to trust Jesus more than we trust a chair or anything or anyone.

We know we can trust Jesus. Can Jesus trust us? Does He trust us to be faithful to Him and tell everyone how much He loves them? May God help us to spread the good news of our risen Saviour.

Joanne Lowe
June 21, 2022