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Today's Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 48 GWT, Ch. 49 NIV, Ch. 50 CEB

Podcast Introduction

This is Psalms Wednesday, and we’ll read chapters 48-50. The show title is ˆThe Motivation Is Love.”

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Comments on Psalms 50

God, who "owns the cattle on a thousand hills" does not find pleasure in the sacrifice of bulls or rams or (in our modern time) money. What He desires is our heart, our devotion, our thanks, our praise, our "us". He wants a people who acknowledge Him for who He is, and what He has done for us. He wants us to desire to know Him, not go through religious motions with no heart. 

I am deeply in love with my wife, the Lovely Lady LeeAnn. Of all the people on Earth, she is the one who gives me a reason to get up in the morning. She is my world. I still tell her multiple times a day that I love her. But more than that, I still look for ways to show her that I love her. Not because she requires it, but because I love to make her happy. And I would never dream of doing something that I know would make her unhappy, even though, sometimes I do. And when I become aware that I have disappointed her, I try to be quick to apologize.

LeeAnn works outside the home. Most of the time, I do my work from home. On the days when she has to leave early in the morning, I usually get out of bed to make breakfast for her. I don't do this because I have to, or because it's an obligation. I do it because I love her, and it helps to make her day just a little bit better. 

The relationship I have with my wife is a type, an example, of the relationship God wants to have with us. He desires that we love Him. That we tell Him so. That when we do things for Him, it's because of love, not because it's a requirement. As I find joy in doing things to make LeeAnn happy, God wants us to find joy in the things we do for Him. 

Think of all He has done for us, before we even knew Him! He gave us the gift of life. He gave us a beautiful planet on which to live. He gave us music. He gave us sunshine. He gave us rain. He gave us puppies and kittens and the giggles of children. And He gave us His Son, who so selflessly gave His life so that we could have fellowship with God for all eternity.

For the life of me, I cannot understand people who reject such a God as this.

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Steve Webb 0:00What He desires is our hearts, our devotion, our thanks, our praise, our us.

Steve Webb 0:14It's the Lifespring one year Bible and coming to you from Riverside, California, podcasting since 2004. I'm your og Godcaster. Steve Webb. This is the daily podcast where we're reading through the entire Bible in a year. And it's Psalms Wednesday, we'll read chapters 48 through 50. The title of this episode is the motivation is love. Now being Wednesday, this is supposed to be our praises and prayer requests day, but I'm going to push it back a day. As you know, I usually record a day ahead. So this show normally would be recorded on Tuesday. But I'm actually recording the show on Monday because the Lovely Lady LeeAnn and I are going to be spending Tuesday with some lifelong friends, Mark and Karen. I told you a little bit about Mark just recently, well, they live in the Palm Springs area a little over an hour away. And there's an aerial tramway just outside of Palm Springs that takes you from the desert floor, up to an elevation of 8516 feet into the mountains, which are covered in snow right now. There's a couple of restaurants up there. And of course, there are beautiful views. So needless to say,