WHAT ARE YOU SO HAPPY ABOUT?
Psalm 138
TRUST PRODUCES A GRATEFUL LIFE BECAUSE …
WE KNOW WHERE God Is Found
v. 2a “I bow down toward your holy temple …” (esv)
John 2.19 & 21 “‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ But he was speaking about the temple of his body.” (esv)
v. 2 “… give thanks … for your steadfast love and your faithfulness …” (esv)
WE KNOW HIS Strength Is Sufficient
v. 2 “On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.”
Isaiah 40.31 “Those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength …” (nas)
Nehemiah 8.10 “Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” (esv)
1 Corinthians 10.13 “When you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” (niv)
WE KNOW THE End Is Good
v. 1b “… before the gods I sing your praise …” (esv)
v. 4 “All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O LORD … for great is the glory of the LORD.” (esv)
Revelation 22.13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” (esv)
v. 2 “You have exalted above all things your name and your word.” (esv)
v. 6 “Though the LORD is exalted, He takes note of the humble …” (csb)
John 14.3 “I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” (niv)
WE KNOW OUR Enemies Don’t Win
v. 7 “If I walk into the thick of danger, you will preserve my life from the anger of my enemies … Your right hand will save me.” (csb)
1 Corinthians 15.26 “The last enemy to be destroyed is death.” (esv)
WE KNOW OUR Life Has Meaning
v. 8 “The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever … Do not forsake the work of your hands.” (esv)
Philippians 1.6 “… confident … that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion ...” (niv)
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