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NASB | Psalm 147:14 He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 147:14 He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat. |
Subject: Our Gratitude for God's Providence |
Bible Note: "Since you pray to God for daily bread [Matthew 6:11], it is thus essential for you to believe that all good gifts and the blessing upon that which you have, come from God, and that you acknowledge God as being the origin of all good things. Such He truly is: 'Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights' (James 1:17). All that exists is God’s; whatever anyone possesses he has received from God. 'I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold,… my corn… my wine… my wool and my flax' (Hosea 2:8-9). Man is but a naked entity and all that he has does not proceed from himself. All that he has proceeds from another source -- he has received it from God alone. 'What hast thou that thou didst not receive?' (1 Cor. 4:7). The Lord causes food to come forth from the earth; the Lord grants to each his peculiar [unique] portion; the Lord renders the food efficacious [effective] unto nourishment; the Lord maintains man and beast; He even provides the cattle with their food and the young ravens when they cry to Him. Since all is the Lord's and He communicates [gives] to everyone that which is His, one must invoke the Lord for all that we stand in need of and acknowledge Him as the origin and giver. We must not do so, however, with the disposition of a creature, but as a reconciled child in Christ and with a childlike heart. If we receive something, we must receive it as out of the hand of God as being our Father. We must be satisfied with that which the Father gives -- be it much or little, it will be enough. Therefore we ought not to waste it, but with a joyful heart make use of it. We must then always lift up our heart on high to the Giver, doing so with a grateful heart and with a mouth filled with the praises of the Lord. 'Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat' (Psa. 147:12-14). God requires and expects this, He is pleased with it." --Dr. Wilhelmus a'Brakel (1635-1711) |
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