What does God want?

That’s a big question.  It’s something we all wonder.  It’s something we all struggle with.

Something we all feel like we need to know to live the way that He wants us to live.

We have passages like Micah 6:8 – God wants us to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.

Jesus tells us throughout the Gospels that the whole law is summed up in one command – love the lord your God with all that you are, and love your neighbor as yourself.

We see several different commands and points that we are supposed to live by.

But, we see where it all starts today in Psalm 50:

14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving *
and make good your vows to the Most High.
15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; *
I will deliver you, and you shall honor me.”

The sacrifice that God most demands from us is one of a broken and thankful heart.

Broken in terms of understanding that we are not the people that we ought to be. Broken in terms of understanding that we miss the mark over and over again.

Broken in terms of understanding that for our sins He suffered in died.

Broken in understanding who we are.

But, thankful, most of all, in knowing that we are loved. We are forgiven. We are treasured by God, no matter what.

Yes, we have all done wrong. We have all sinned. We all fall down.

You do, I do.

And we are loved.  In spite of it all, God loves us.  Forgives us.  Saves us. Make us His.

What does He want from us today?

A thankful heart.

May we be thankful for all that He has forgiven us and for all He has given us.

And may we love others, as He has loved us.