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You stoop to make me great

Scripture of  the day from Psalm 18:31-36

31For who is God besides the Lord?
     And who is the Rock except our God?
32It is God who arms me with strength
     And makes my ways perfect.
33He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
     He enables me to stand on the heights.
34He trains my hands for battle;
     My arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35You give me your shield of victory,
     And your right hand sustains me;
     You stoop down to make me great.
36You broaden the path beneath me,
     So that my ankles do not turn.

How wonderful! And how humbling! Who makes me great? God – not myself. Who keeps me standing strong? God. Who is our Rock? God.

God does all of these things out of love. He “stoops” to make us great each and every day. The sad thing about this is that I usually do not take him up on his offer. I deny his opportunity for greatness on most days. I fear I ignore God’s invitation and try to make myself “great” on my own. Most of the time I end up not being great at all; leaning on my own understanding of the world and the daily circumstances that are my life tend to make me live in the world and feel it’s weight upon me, rather than taking advantage of the freedom that comes from God’s “stooping” for me on a daily basis.

What amuses me this morning is that God woke me up by circumstances (my son cried at exactly 5:30). But He then used that time to show me how much He loves me – which He could do each and every day if I would let Him!  If that cry had not happened at 5:30, I may have missed God’s call and not began my morning this way at all. I think the “stoop” today came through the cry of a ten month old!

Closing prayer (with a disclaimer! I have tried writing these prayers both by using wording with "I/me/my" and also with "you/our" and keep coming back to making it personal. I pray that if the words speak to you, you speak them out loud and make them your own) : 

Thank you God for pursuing me! Thank you for stooping to make me great! I praise you for that! Please help me appreciate your active part in my life. When I need a boost of encouragement, or a reminder that it is You who remains my Rock in an ever changing world, please help me remember your words. I pray that you continue to "stoop" into my life in whatever form to get my attention! 

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