Give Thanks!

Read: Psalm 92

It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. --- Psalm 92:1

The Bible In One Year:
1 Chronicles 7-9
John 6:22-44

Psalm 92 is a "Song for the Sabbath day," a resting place for those who are troubled.

The song begins with a commendation of praise: "It is good to give thanks to the LORD." It does us good to turn from our unsettling and anxious thoughts to declare God's "lovingkindness in the morning, and [His] faithfulness every night" [v.2]. God loves us and is always faithful! He makes us glad [v.4].

Praise not only makes us glad, it makes us wise. We begin to understand something of God's greatness and creative design in all that He does [vv.5-9]. We gain a wisdom that is hidden from those who do not know God. The wicked may "flourish" and "spring up like grass" for a moment [v.7], but ultimately they will wither away.

The righteous, however, are joined to the One who dwells in eternity [v.8]. They "flourish like a palm tree" and "like a cedar in Lebanon" [v.12], symbols of graceful beauty and unbending strength. For they have been "planted in the house of the LORD" [v.13]. Their roots go down in into the soil of God's faithfulness; they draw on His unquenchable love.

Give thanks and praise to the Lord today! --- David Roper

Oh, render thanks to God above,
The Fountain of eternal love,
Whose mercy firm through ages past
Has stood, and shall forever last. --- Anon.

A HEART IN TUNE WITH GOD CAN'T HELP BUT SING HIS PRAISES.