June 16

Psalm 119:7 b (NLT)  "I will thank you by living as I should!"  So ironic to read this today after the conversation I had yesterday with Pastor.  The reason God's people should do the right thing is to live out their appreciation for what Christ has already done for us.  We cannot earn our salvation, we can never do enough, or be good enough.  The good news is that we don't need to worry about that because Christ lived the perfect life for us and then went to the cross to pay for all of the sins of humanity.  But it isn't "cheap grace"  good works do not matter for salvation but they most certainly do matter.  Faith without works is dead scripture says, as well as that we must be doers of the word not just hearers only.  So cool that today's Psalm sums it up so nicely.  When someone does a kind deed for us that seems over the top we so often say "how can I ever thank you?"  There is nothing to be more profoundly grateful for than the salvation that Christ won for us and so cool that the way to thank Him for this awesome gift is also spelled out.... May the Holy Spirit in His awesome power enable me to live a life of appreciation by enabling to live as I should!