[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Are you grateful for the invisible blessings?

Read: PSALM 103:1-22

Meditation verse:

“He does great things past finding out, yes, wonders without number” (Job  9:10).

I listened to pastor speak on the many invisible blessings from God, using this  powerful analogy. She said she was working on her desk late one night, when  she decided to check on her sleeping youngsters. On getting to the bedside, she  saw that her youngest child had gotten to the edge of the bed. Her next move  would have seen her falling and hitting her head on the bare floor. She  readjusted the child’s sleeping position and returned to her desk. A few  moments later, she decided to return to the children’s room. This time around,  one child had used his knees to block the nostrils of another. Again, she  readjusted their positions and returned to her work. In the morning, she gave  them their breakfast, and everyone said, “thank you mum for the food”. No one  mentioned the events of the night before. How could they? All three children  had been asleep, oblivious of what had gone on. 

Psalm 103:1-5 says, “Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless  His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who  forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life  from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who 

satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the  eagle’s”. Job 9:10 says, “He does great things past finding out, yes, wonders  without number”.  

The Psalmist said, “I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me” (Psalm 3:5). Do you remember to thank God for the blessing of sleeping and  waking? Are you grateful for the many seemingly invisible, but important  blessings that He sends your way? Are you thankful that you can eat, drink and breath freely. The pandemic made us realize the importance of breathing without an oxygen tank. If God opens your eyes to behold the many unseen  battles, He has fought for you, it will amaze you. So, as you get up each day,  remember to thank God for the visible and invisible blessings.

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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