Loading Up The Carts

Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.

Psalm 5:3

When I go to the grocery store, I always—and I am not exaggerating—always get more than what is on my list! This habit is my attempt to follow my sweet friend Sarah’s advice to try something new every time I go to the store. Plus, I’ll often see an item I need for a particular recipe that I forgot to put on my list.

In the same way, when I go to God’s Word each morning with my grocery list of requests for His help, His strength, His courage, and His patience for the day, I always get more than I came for! God is so big, yet so personal; the biggest supermarket we could envision cannot begin to hold all of His awesome character qualities, but He stocks them up in our hearts.

As we read His Word, our finite minds are capable of processing only a glimpse of who He is. He, on the other hand, knows our every thought and request before we do. He supplies our every need, even if we have not revealed the exact list of all that’s crammed in our heavy hearts.

What are some of His character qualities that He loves to load up in our hearts? Let’s list some of them. He is

• our Friend
• our Rescuer
• our Savior
• our Forgiver
• our Protector
• compassionate
• loving
• merciful

The list goes on and on—and on and on! No matter how much we fill up on Him, the price at the checkout is always the same—free! We never have to worry about having enough funds to cover the cost of all He gives us because He took care of our account long ago through Jesus.

What other attributes of God can you think of? Jot down how God spiritually nourishes you because of who He is.