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1 Oh, thank God - he's so good! His love never runs out. 2 All of you set free by God, tell the world! Tell how he freed you from oppression, 3 Then rounded you up from all over the place, from the four winds, from the seven seas. 4 Some of you wandered for years in the desert, looking but not finding a good place to live, 5 Half-starved and parched with thirst, staggering and stumbling, on the brink of exhaustion. 6 Then, in your desperate condition, you called out to God. He got you out in the nick of time; 7 He put your feet on a wonderful road that took you straight to a good place to live. 8 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves. 9 He poured great draughts of water down parched throats; the starved and hungry got plenty to eat. (Psalm 107:1-9, 33-37 The Message Bible)
A blessed and tremendous Thursday to you, dear Friend! I pray God surprises us with new and wonderful opportunities to shine His love and grace to all people today and all days! As we pray, let us pray for Mrs. Marie Currie who is having surgery on Monday, Aug. 4th, and on the 11th for Mrs. Pam Lester. I believe both are having knee surgery. And speaking of knee surgeries, please add my name to the list. I don't have a final or official verdict on that but my MRI showed serious damage to muscles and meniscus which will require surgery. I'll share more when I know more!
The three most popular prayers are 1) Help me, 2) Thank you!, 3)Wow, Awesome! And most of us have personal experiences with those prayers, Mostly number one! Many, many, many are the times we have cried, screamed, yelled, whimpered, "Help me"? When one reaches rock bottom and there seems to be no other way to go but up the only One to lift us is God. David in his life as we have recorded in Scripture shared the highs and lows, and it was thanks to his lows that he did some of his finest writing which serve to inspire and rescue us. The theme for this week given all the scriptures we have read has to be Never-ending Love, and this is the psalm that backs that up.
We could call this psalm the Anthem of Gratitude for David shares his thanks and praise to the God of neverending love. But this isn’t just poetic praise from someone who’s had an easy life. It’s a cry of joy from people who’ve wandered, hungered, thirsted, and found themselves lost—physically and spiritually. David had a long road from the pasture to the palace, including times in the palace where his life was in danger from the king who supposedly loved him.
The psalm tells the story of a God who doesn’t ignore the cries of the desperate. “Some of you wandered for years in the desert… you couldn’t find your way… but you called out to God in your desperate condition, he got you out in the nick of time.” Sound familiar? Maybe you’re in a dry season now—emotionally, spiritually, or even physically. Maybe your soul is weary, your heart is hungry, or your hope has been running low.
But this psalm reminds us that God is a God of turnaround. “He changed rivers into wastelands… then changed the wasteland into fresh pools of water.” He brings life where there was drought, hope where there was despair. He doesn’t just fix what’s broken—He transforms it into something fruitful.
Whether you’re a longtime believer or someone still unsure about God, this psalm offers an invitation: cry out to the One whose love never runs out. He hears. He helps. He heals.
PRAYER: Faithful God, thank You for hearing our cries and never giving up on us. You meet us in the desert places and make streams flow again. Turn around what feels lifeless in us. Make us new. Let our lives be a testimony to Your unfailing love. Amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord! OUR CALL TO ACTION: Take a moment today to name one area of your life that feels dry—and invite God to bring new life to it. Then watch for signs of His love at work.
I love you and I thank God for you!
Pastor Eradio Valverde, Jr.
