Monday January 31

This week I want to introduce you to one of my favorite Psalms. 107. On Friday, when I mentioned that I had been living Psalm 23, this psalm came to mind. I have lived every part of this one over the years. I thought I'd give it to you in bite sizes this week. Who knows? Maybe you will find yourself in it as well.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his love endures forever.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say this-

those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,

those he gathered from the lands,

from east and west, from north and south.

Some wandered in desert wastelands,

finding no way to a city where they could settle.

They were hungry and thirsty,

and their lives ebbed away.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,

He led them by a straight way

to a city where they could settle.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love

and his wonderful deeds for men,

for he satisfies the thirsty

and fills the hungry with good things.

verses 1-9

Where have you wandered? Think about a time in your journey when you were truly lost. Remember how hungry you were, and you ate and ate but nothing seemed to satisfy your hungry. It just made you sick. And you were thirsty, so thirsty, remember that? Remember you could find anything to take that thirst away. Remember? Remember that first drink of Jesus? Remember how good it tasted. Remember how good he was to you, how grateful you were to him that he found you in the desert wasteland. He didn't ask you why you were there. He didn't accuse you. He found you. He gave you good things to eat. And he brought you out of the wasteland to a city. His city.

Maybe you feel like you are in the wasteland now. That's good to. Because there you are, right in the word of God. He has not forgotten you. You are right in the palm of his hand. And he is ready and waiting to satisfy you right now with good things to eat and the living water of life so you will not have to thirst anymore.