The Psalmist (I believe) speaks prophetically of a future time when “All the families of the world shall worship” together before our Lord. What a grand and glorious time that will be with all the redeemed of the Lord are gathered home.

Are you having trouble with the sins of your past? Do you seem powerless to overcome certain temptations? Do they seem to rule over you? Do you even want to overcome the sins that bind you and keep you from gaining the victory over the habits of the “old man?”

If I had to stand before God or man and give an account of my life, what would I do or say? Could I say to man that “I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day?” Have I lived my life to glorify God? Or, have I sought the praise of man and desired to accomplish more than my peers for pride’s sake?

The more one gives to others, the more one is enriched, and thus he can be generous on every occasion. Such a generous spirit toward others results in more and more people giving thanksgiving to God.

The truth is that we alienate ourselves from God and not the other way around. We no longer seek the Lord through prayer and fasting and when we fail to pray as we should, we as are like a ship that breaks away from it anchor—we drift away from the place that we ought to be.

We don’t always know why we suffer in this life but we can always know that God is watching over us and that we can “cast all of our cares on Him because He cares for us.” Just trust the mercies of God and never allow doubt to creep into the way you think.