No good thing will he withhold

“For Jehovah God is
a sun and a shield:
Jehovah will give grace and glory;
No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”
(Ps 84:11 ASV)

  The Bedside Watchman

-- Psalm 84
NO GOOD THING WILL BE WITHHELD

"THE Lord God is a sun and shield:
the Lord will give grace and glory:
no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly".

Here we have a most encouraging picture of the kindness of Him with whom we have to do.
This character is the central glory of revelation.
We fail, perhaps, at all times to remember it sufficiently.
Many things help to cloud it from our view.
Our weakness, our shortcomings, our pre-occupations in other directions,
the weariness of the constant fight of faith,
and other things, prevent us from realising
as constantly as we might,
that the Eternal Father,
who invites us to Himself by Christ,
is full of tenderness and compassion,
and overflowing with loving-kindness
to such as keep His covenant,
and even abounding in long-suffering
and goodness towards those who are far from Him.

Robert Roberts, Seasons of
Comfort, page 20

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Hij zal geen goede dingen weerhouden

The giving and protecting God

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

Psalm 84:11, New International Version

Dutch version / Nederlands > De gevende en beschermende God

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    God doesn't hold back on his goodness! In fact, the Father loves to give his children gifts. These gifts are all encompassing. These gifts are gladly given. How do I know? Three ways: 1) I've been repeatedly blessed; 2) I've seen what God has done to bless his people through the centuries; and 3) his Word promises this to be so.

    Father, I want to thank you for the many blessings you have poured into my life. I want to list several of them by name today. (Make your own list of things for which you are thankful.) Thank you most of all Father, for the gift of your Son and my Savior, Jesus. In his name I pray. Amen.

Being thankful

It is always possible to be thankful

for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given.
One or the other becomes a habit of life.
Elisabeth Elliot

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,
since as members of one body you were called to peace.
And be thankful.
Colossians 3:15

Thanksgiving. . .
is a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to
God in honor and praise for His goodness.
James R. Miller

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving,
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
For the LORD is a great God
And a great King above all gods.
Psalm 95:2-3

"Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel."
- Author Unknown

"Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you,
with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God."
Colossians 3:16

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