Giving to Thanksgiving

Daily Scripture Readings

Monday          Psalm 100

Tuesday         Psalm 106

Wednesday   Psalm 107

Thursday       Psalm 118

Friday             Psalm 136

Saturday        Matthew 1:1-17

Opening Prayer

Gracious God, help us always to give thanks, remember what You have done and tell people what You have done. 

In Jesus’ name, AMEN

READING:

Psalm 105:1 summarizes one of the central commands we see from Old Testament to New Testament, God calls us to be a thankful, grateful people. 1 Thessalonians 5: “Give thanks in all circumstances.” So as we pray, we should always be giving thanks in all circumstances, not some, all circumstances. Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name and this is what prayer is.

From the beginning to the end of Scripture, we see people created by God to call upon his name. Even just this is so basic, but it’s so awesome. You and I were created for relationship with God where he speaks to us and we speak to him. Where we call upon God even what we’re about to do right now in prayer. What a privilege. And then we get to speak to God. God didn’t have to design it this way, where we would hear from him and call upon him, speak to him. But he has, he’s designed us for relationship with him.

“Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name,” and then “make known his deeds among the peoples.” Now, is that just as basic to the Bible as giving thanks and calling upon God? I would argue it is. Make known the deeds of God. And the works of God. What he has done to save us from our sins. Make known his deeds among the peoples. So not just among people generally, but the peoples, meaning the nations, the tribes, the tongues, the languages, all the different groups of people in the world. Make known God’s deeds among all of them.

David Platt