Psalm 147:5 says, “Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.” As I was memorizing this verse my mind went back to Isaiah 40. Great chapter. Verse 25 says, “To whom then will you liken Me, or to whom shall I be equal? says the Holy One.”

There is no one greater than God. Hebrews 6:13 says, “For when God made a promise to
Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, he swore by Himself.” Psalm 145:3 says, “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.”

Romans 11:33 says, “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out.” A. W. Tozer wrote “The Knowledge Of The Holy.” In it he said that God has attributes that we don’t even know about.

I am memorizing Psalm 147. There is a lot to unpack. Verse 1 says, “Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.” The Hebrew word for praise means: to boast, to be boastful. Psalm 146-150 all start and end with “Praise the Lord!” I love the exclamation points.

Are you brokenhearted? Verse 3 says, “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” It reminds me of Luke 4:18. It says of Jesus, “…He sent me to heal the brokenhearted…” The Amplified defined oppressed as, “…downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity.”

Proverbs 17:22 says, “A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 12:25 says, “Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad.” Praising the One Who is great resets our focus.

A legacy is a composite which we leave to others from the lessons we learned through our life’s experiences, our values, and beliefs. My parents left me a rich legacy ~ their faithfulness in following the Lord, and an impartation of love for God’s word.

What legacy are you leaving for your children, grandchildren, relatives, and friends? I encourage you to today begin thinking about what you truly value, what you believe in your heart that you would be willing to die for, and what you desire for them to pass on to others.

Jesus left a rich legacy for His disciples. Twelve men were with Him day and night during His time on earth. He imparted His truth to them visually and verbally. He gave them a charge to pass on His legacy. Mark 16:15 says, “And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”

As I began to memorize Psalm 147:3-4 it gave me pause. It says, “Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his plans perish.” There is no more opportunity to do what you wanted to do.

In 2019 six of us lived in a rented house. Dave and Stefanie lived in a converted attached garage. When Stefanie stirred that morning, Dave asked if he had woken her up.

He said that he had been having chest pains for two hours. She asked if he wanted her to call a doctor. He took his last breath and died. As I was helping her clear things out, I noticed something. There on his side of the bed were his shoes, socks and underwear on top. He had plans to get up and get dressed.

Matthew 6:25 says, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life…” Verse 32-33 says, “…For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

Romans 6:23 says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Yet here is another inclusive word ~ whoever. Romans 10:13 says, “For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Salvation is inclusive for everyone who believes that Jesus died for them.

I love 2 Corinthians 5:17 for many reasons. It says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.” Our past is passed! We cannot go back and change anything. He gives us the power to live in the present. His mercy is new every morning.

I love the word all because it is inclusive. All means everyone without exception. David used the word several times in Psalm 145. Think about verses 14-16 as related to your own life. They say, “The Lord upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look expectantly to You, and You give them their food in due season. You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.”

Every is another inclusive word. David didn’t write Psalm 104 but he might have been quoting from it. Talking about how our Creator takes care of animals and sea creatures. Verse 27 says, “They all wait for You, that you may give them their food in due season.”

Matthew 6:26 says, “Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”

Ephesians 2:4 says that because of His great mercy we were set free from that futile path. 1 Samuel 12:21 warns, “And do not turn aside; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.”

God gave Joshua a roadmap for success. In Joshua 1:8 He told him to mediate in God’s word, “…day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”

Here are two verses you can turn into personal prayers. Psalm 21:4-5 says, “May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your purpose. We will rejoice in our salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.” May the Lord fulfill all His purpose for your life.

Empty indicates a void. Think of the word futile. It means fruitless, empty, hollow, unreal, unproductive, lacking substance, trifling, ineffectual, and worthless.

Anything we do in our lives void of the Lord will be futile. I heard this analogy years ago. You seek  to climb the ladder of success.  You finally make it to the top and discover that your ladder was against the wrong building. How disheartening!

John 15:5 is a verse that should be a banner over our lives. It says, “I am the vine,  you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” Nothing means not one thing. Hmm. 

Living dependent on God is the path of fulfillment. Galatians 5:16 says, “I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” Before salvation we lived absolutely independent of God. Ephesians 2:3.

I was praying for a friend when the question came into my mind. What need do they have to be fulfilled in their life? I encourage you to think about this question for yourself. Philippians 4:19 says, “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

Part of the answer is in Psalm 107:9. It says, “For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.”

I think of Ephesians 3:19 in the Amplified. It is like a kaleidoscope of meaning. “(That you may really come) to know (practically, through experience for yourselves) the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge (without experience); that you may be filled (through all your being) unto all the fullness of God (may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself)!”