He Has Made Us

Song: Live For Jesus

Scripture: Psalm 100

“Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves.”

Write those words over the threshold of your front door. Put them on the refrigerator. Stick them on the bumper of your automobile. Write them on the calendar at work. Post them as a screensaver on your computer. We need desperately to remember that “the Lord made us, and not we ourselves.”

Take pleasure in your family today. Remember that God gave you a loving spouse, healthy children, a comfortable home, a dependable automobile, a respectable job. Oh, you’ve done well for yourself, but He’s done for you so that you could do for yourself. And He’s rescued you from a few scrapes as well—and some you don’t know about too.

Take pride in your freedoms today. You can live where you want to live. You don’t have to go to the field this morning. You can quit your job if you don’t like it. You can go to church and no one will stop you. Remember, God allowed you to be born in these times. He could have chosen differently and you would have lived with His decision.

Rejoice as a Christian today. Remember: you didn’t invent that name. God lets you wear it. Left to yourself, you made trouble. But God took you when you were dead in sin and made you alive. Surely, “He has made us, and not we ourselves.”

Jason Moore