Thursday, February 20, 2014
Remembering To Be Thankful
This morning we awoke to thunder and lightning. That may not seem like much, except that two days ago the shut the schools down because of five inches of new snow on top of several feet of snow already on the ground. Watching the flashes in the sky light up the white covered ground before sunrise was fun in a way. It meant the thaw is coming, the deliverance from winter. I found myself feeling thankful, and I remembered the power in giving thanks.
How do you feel about your attitude of thankfulness toward God? Are you doing okay, or do you sometimes forget to thank God even before the deliverance comes? Sometimes, I am not thankful enough, and other times I do a good job of remembering from where all that I am supplied comes. It is my hope that one day I become a person who lives in a state of thanksgiving. Those that wrote the psalms seemed to understand this very well.
Psalms 147:1 Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
6 The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Here the psalmist is continually thanking God for all He does. In verse six he is even praising God for casting the wicked to the ground. That is followed in verse seven by the psalmist telling us to sing to God with thanksgiving. This is just one more example where we see that giving and singing thanks is connected to God’s deliverance and victory for His people.
Today, if you need a victory, sing of it to God with thanksgiving, praising Him for His healing, deliverance, defense, and provision.
Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You. You alone are our King. You alone deliver us, heal us, defend us, and provide for us. Today we give you glory, and honor, and thanks for all these things. And we thank You for being our God and King! In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.