A GENTLE THUNDER

Sunday, August 17, 2008

If you read my blog you know I am a fan of Max Lucado. Today I want to share something with you from his splendid book, A Gentle Thunder:

…may I share with you a favorite verse of mine? ...I like it so much I wrote it on the first page of my Bible.
“Because he delights in me, he saved me” (Ps.18:19).
And you thought he saved you because of your good works or good attitude or good looks. Sorry. If that were the case, your salvation would be lost when your voice went south or your works got weak. There are many reasons God saves you: to bring glory to himself, to appease his justice, to demonstrate his sovereignty. But one of the sweetest reasons God saved you is because he is fond of you. He likes having your around. He thinks you are the best thing to come down the pike in quite awhile. “As a man rejoices over his new wife, so your God will rejoice over you” (Isa.62:5).If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If he has a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, he’ll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and he chose your heart. And the Christmas gift he sent you in Bethlehem? Face it, friend. He’s crazy about you.