To be fully HUMAN — A Daily Reflection

 

 

Psalm 40:1-11 NIV

 

Are you truly grateful for what God has done in your life?  Can you list the times He has helped you through difficult circumstances?  Can you name the changes He has made in you?  Do you praise Him for all of your blessings, even when those blessings come in the form of trials?

 

If you answered all of these questions with an enthusiastic "yes!"… when was the last time you told someone about it?  Okay, good!  You shared your praises with your Sunday school class last week, and you told one of the girls in your Singles group about them only yesterday.  That’s good!  Now, how many non-believers did you tell?  Several different people, you say?  Good!

 

Now, here’s the trick question.  When you described the situations, circumstances and outcome to your non-believing friends, did you tell the story the same way you did when you told your Christian friends?  Do the non-believers know that you are giving credit to Jesus for the blessings?  Or did you just tell them about the blessings without naming the source?

 

In this Psalm, David praises God for deliverance from his problems, then presents another problem and asks for deliverance from it, too.  He then states that he has told everyone about how God delivered him.  He shared his good news with thanksgiving, giving credit to God for being the source of the good news. 

 

The next time you share your good news with someone who is not a believer, be sure that Jesus gets the credit.