Certain groups -- military, emergency services, etc. -- do what they call "drilling." Here's the idea. In particular situations it is best if you don't think about what you should do; you should know. It saves time, effort, mistakes, etc. It's like muscle memory. You teach your muscles to do certain tasks and they don't need much help from you in performing them. Or strength training, where you build up the strength you need before you need it so it is available when you do. We ought to be doing this all the time.
We are commanded to think in particular ways (Php 4:8). We are told not to be anxious, but to pray with thanksgiving about everything (Php 4:6). Our entire salvation is based on faith in Christ, so shouldn't our lives be, also? I'm not berating or correcting anyone here. I'm hoping to encourage you. Start practicing now. Start telling yourself the truth. Paul said we should be "speaking the truth in love" (Eph 4:15). Shouldn't that include to ourselves? So when we ask, "How great is our God?", answer it. Mull it over. Think it through. Apply it to your everyday existence. "What about here? What about now? Do I believe it?" When we claim, "God is good all the time," really claim it. For yourself. No matter what the circumstances. Give your life "muscle memory" so that, when difficult events or troublesome thoughts occur, your autonomic response will be "God is great; God is good." You can figure out how later. The classic hymn says,
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,Yes, like that. As a daily practice.
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
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I have found myself doing this in regard to His holiness. Is what I'm saying, doing, thinking reflect what I believe about His holiness. Because of that, I've started doing small things like dressing nice for church, not listening to secular music, and obeying the speed limit. Small things that we generally don't even consider in regard to His holiness.
“How great is our God?” I know that the full answer to that question is far beyond my comprehension; how wonderful that even now, in my earthly life, I, an unworthy sinner, can start exploring the very truth I will spend eternity experiencing. That is one clear way in which God is good!
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