God Is Good (4 of 4)
Series: God Is
Jonathan McLeod
Psalm 118
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! (Ps. 118:29).
GETTING WHAT'S NEEDED, NOT WHAT'S WANTED
[Give an example of someone getting what they needed, not what they wanted.]
Five days before his crucifixion, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. We call this day Palm Sunday. The event itself is known as the Triumphal Entry. The excited crowds recited Psalm 118. The psalm says, ''Save us, we pray, O Lord!'' (v. 25). They wanted salvation from the Romans. But what the people wanted on that day wasn't what they really needed.
[Read Psalm 118.]
WHAT A GOOD GOD GIVES
Psalm 118 begins and ends with the following exhortation: ''Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good'' (vv. 1, 29). Because God is good, ''all that God is and does is worthy of approval.'' But it's easy to doubt God's goodness when he doesn't give us what we want. [Talk about how the disciples of Jesus were disappointed after he was crucified.]
God doesn't always give us what we WANT, but he always gives us what we NEED.
As Jesus rode into Jerusalem, the people cried out, ''Hosanna to the Son of David!'' (Matt. 21:9). ''The Son of David'' was a messianic title. John writes that the people called Jesus ''the King of Israel'' (John 12:13). The peo ...
Series: God Is
Jonathan McLeod
Psalm 118
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! (Ps. 118:29).
GETTING WHAT'S NEEDED, NOT WHAT'S WANTED
[Give an example of someone getting what they needed, not what they wanted.]
Five days before his crucifixion, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. We call this day Palm Sunday. The event itself is known as the Triumphal Entry. The excited crowds recited Psalm 118. The psalm says, ''Save us, we pray, O Lord!'' (v. 25). They wanted salvation from the Romans. But what the people wanted on that day wasn't what they really needed.
[Read Psalm 118.]
WHAT A GOOD GOD GIVES
Psalm 118 begins and ends with the following exhortation: ''Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good'' (vv. 1, 29). Because God is good, ''all that God is and does is worthy of approval.'' But it's easy to doubt God's goodness when he doesn't give us what we want. [Talk about how the disciples of Jesus were disappointed after he was crucified.]
God doesn't always give us what we WANT, but he always gives us what we NEED.
As Jesus rode into Jerusalem, the people cried out, ''Hosanna to the Son of David!'' (Matt. 21:9). ''The Son of David'' was a messianic title. John writes that the people called Jesus ''the King of Israel'' (John 12:13). The peo ...
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