Psalm 18:49 – “Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.”
This verse, and actually the entire chapter, is the song of praise from David found in II Samuel 22:50.
As an old man, David is looking back over his life and recounting all the ways that God has blessed him. It’s a song of love, praise, adoration and remembrance of the gracious and merciful acts of the Lord.
This verse gives us an outline for a life that is full of gratitude for all that God has done for us:
• We give God thanks privately (our daily devotional time)
• We give God thanks by telling the unsaved about Him (witnessing)
• We give God thanks publicly (ministry and service)
Being thankful is something that should permeate our lives every day, not just something relegated to one month of the year. I believe it is truly a way of life.
If you look at the lives of great preachers, you will notice that they never take the goodness of God for granted. The sweet spirit of gratitude is the driving force behind their preaching and their ministries.
That spirit is a by-product of their internal thoughts about their God. They remain constantly amazed and humbled by God’s goodness in their lives.
We would do well to emulate the Psalmist’s practice of filling our minds with thoughts of God’s great goodness to us.
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