Read: Psalm 145:14-21 NLT – The LORD helps the fallen and lifts – Bible Gateway
“When you open your hand, you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.” Psalm 145:16 NLT
When you were a child did you ever have one of your grandparents come up to you with a close hand containing a pleasant surprise? The imagery of that precious moment may still be impressed in your mind. God, our heavenly Father, has more than a surprise for us in His hand. He freely gives us all we need in this life and in the life to come. His hand always has something good for us.
Psalm 145 may have been the last of David’s seventy-five psalms he wrote. It is a psalm of praise for who God is and for all He has done. The first half of the psalm David praises God for His greatness and His grace. Beginning in verse fourteen he praises God for His faithfulness and righteousness. The Lord always has His eye on us to help us as we look to Him in hope for what we need. (14-15) We can count on His provisions to be exactly what we need when we need them. (16-17) God is near to those who call on Him in truth. (18) The Lord hears the cries of us who fear Him with the reverential fear due Him. He will help us and protect throughout our lives. (19-20)
David, later in his life, understood more than anybody there is always something good in God’s hand. Sometimes that good was in the form of discipline, but David knew it was for his good. It is the same for us. There is always something good for us in God’s hand for our good. May we sing along with David as he closed his final psalm, “I will praise the LORD, and may everyone on earth bless his holy name forever and ever.” (Ps.145:21 nlt)
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