Give Thanks

Give Thanks

Bible: Psalm 92

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It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High (V.1).

Psalm 92 is a song of praise to God. It’s a great song to turn to if you’re having a rubbish day or just feeling a bit down. The song starts with a reminder of how good it is to give God praise: “It is good to praise the Lord”. It does us good to turn from our worry and stressful thoughts to sing about God’s “love in the morning and [his] faithfulness at night” (PSALM 92:2). God loves us and is always faithful! He makes us happy (V.4). Praise not only makes us happy, it focuses our minds for the ups and downs of life. Through praise we begin to understand something of God’s greatness in all that He does (VV.5-9). We get a perspective on life that is hidden from those who do not know God. The rest of the world may “flourish” and “spring up like grass” for a moment (V.7), but ultimately they
will fade away. Those of us who follow Jesus, however, are joined to the One who lives forever (V.8). We “flourish like a palm tree” and “like a cedar in Lebanon” (V.12); those trees are pictures of beauty and strength. We have been “planted in the house of the Lord” (V.13). Our roots go down into the soil of God’s love and faithfulness. Let’s give thanks and praise to Him today, remembering all He is and all He has done!

WHEN WE WALK WITH GOD,

WE CAN’T HELP BUT SING HIS PRAISES.

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