GOD GIVES US EVERYTHING

 

What are your favorite foods? Some of my favorite foods are grilled steak and baked potatoes. Sometimes I like roast pork, cabbage and pierogies. Then, at other times, I want fish and chips or spaghetti and meatballs with a small side salad. We have so many different foods, that it’s hard to have just one favorite.

And there are so many ways to prepare foods. Maybe you look through your mom’s cook books and see so many different recipes? Maybe you sit with your parents and watch cooking shows. Or go to a restaurant and you cannot decide what to get?

In our Psalm (111) today, we read that God provides food for those who fear him. It’s true. God provides food for every living creature. God has provided so much food not only for humans, but also for cows, chickens, pigs, fish, birds and even insects.

But there are other ways that God feeds us. He feeds our minds and hearts with all his works. If you look up at the stars on a clear night, you can see God’s works. If you go into the woods, you see all kinds of wonderful plants and trees. If you travel, you may hear ocean waves or echoes in the mountains. If you travel north to Buffalo, you will be dizzy just looking at Niagara Falls. You won’t be able to hear anything because the falls are so loud.

Lastly, our psalm tells us that God gave redemption to his people. God has saved us from Satan, sin and death. That’s why we give thanks to the Lord with our whole hearts in the company of the congregation. God has saved us through His Son, and He’s here when we gather for prayer. He’s here in Word and the Lord’s Supper.

When we understand that, we praise God for everything He gives us. There’s even a song we can sing called “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow!” … And so, let us pray. Heavenly Father, from whom all fatherhood in heaven and earth is named: Bless all children, and give their fathers and mothers the spirit of wisdom and love, so that the homes in which they grow up may be to them an image of Your Kingdom, and the care of their parents a likeness of Your love. We pray in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.