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Psalm chapter 104 versus 27 and 28.

These all look to you to give them their food in due season. When you give it to them, they gather it up.

When you open your hand, they are filled with good things. I love this picture near the

end of Psalm 104 as the Psalmist has just been recounting all the different works of God in creation,

how God makes springs gush forth in the valleys and to flow between the hills

that give drink to every beast of the field, the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

The song talks about how trees are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted, and young lions roar for their prey seeking their food

from God the whole picture in Psalm 104 is that God is the sustainer of life on earth, of trees and vegetation, of animals, of every living

thing.

Verse 27, these all look to you to give them their food.

When you give it to them, they gathered up.

You open your hand and they are filled with good things.

And this is where I just want to remind us that we are living things,

obviously in a unique way created in the image of God, but he sustains us.

Like our every breath that we are breathing right now is because God is giving it to us. Any food we eat or water we drink today

is because of God's good provision to us. I just want to encourage you today to look to God to

do Psalm 10427 to look to God to give you everything you need today, to pause throughout today, and think

about things that you take for granted, including breath, water and food, and thank God for these things.

And then just keep going.

Thank God for all kinds of good things. Let's open our hands before God and praise him and

thank him today for all the good things he provides in our lives, specifically good things that we often take for granted.

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