When is the last time you stopped long enough to really think about what God has done for you and in you? It is really easy to get wrapped up in our lives and fail to see God at work in our everyday.
In Psalm 86:11-13, David says, “Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.”
This is my prayer today. Maybe it could be yours as well. I don’t know about you but I get pulled in all sorts of directions each day and it is easy to become distracted from what is really important. In fact, over time, the constant pulling can even begin to divide my heart. I find myself being passionate about a lot of things and the result is often that instead of being effective in a few things, I am ineffective in everything. Usually, when I find myself in this predicament it is because I have forgotten to keep the main thing, the main thing.
So what is the main thing? I think David hits on it here. We need to be laser focused on God and the love, grace and hope God offers to us. David makes the point that God delivers us from the grave. Without God in our lives, we are dead people walking – walking around with no lasting purpose, no joy, no peace – no point, just dead. That was me before God intervened – a dead man walking. But God delivers us from that existence.
We need to stop long enough today to remember that God is at work in our lives and give thanks. We need to refocus our attention on the fact that without God, we are dead. We need to get excited about that fact and offer our whole being back to God in gratitude.
The results: a joy-filled, peaceful existence that will make those around us see something different in us. And when they see the difference that God makes in us, I believe they will seek God for themselves.
Take a minute and think about what God has done for you and then live today in gratitude.
Be blessed today!
Clay in the Hands 
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