”Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.”
Psalm 107:1
If somehow, in our minds, we needed any level of convincing, any level of motivation, or any reason why we should do this thing called thanksgiving, this scripture gives us the answer. Give thanks because God is good.
And sometimes, this can be difficult for us to fully wrap our heads around because, as humans, we are used to giving thanks because someone has done something for us. And there is nothing wrong with that.
When someone does something good for you, you should thank them. But as humans, many times, our thanksgiving is connected to something. Something done for us, something we received, or Something we expect.
But this scripture is not saying, “Give thanks to the Lord because of what He has given you.”
It says, “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.”
We are thanking Him for His nature; He is good, His mercy endures forever.
This kind of thanksgiving goes beyond natural things we can acquire. It goes beyond the things God has given us physically. It comes from a place of knowing, accepting, and believing in the nature of God.
It is thanksgiving that says:
“Lord, I thank You because You are good. Today, I may not have seen anything I would easily categorise as good, even though if I have breath, I have already seen Your goodness. I may not yet see something I can categorise as a blessing. I may have woken up on the wrong side of the bed. Everything may have started going wrong from the beginning. Yet, I will give thanks, not because of the reality of my situation, but because of the nature of my God.”
So as we begin Day One, let us begin with a heart of thanksgiving.
Let us remind ourselves of the nature of God. Let us remember who He is, how loving He is, how faithful He is, and how merciful He has been.
Let us give thanks, for He is good, and His mercy endures forever.
Prayer:
Thank You, Father, because I know Your mercy does not fail. Your mercy endures forever. I thank You for breath in my lungs and mobility in my limbs. Most importantly, I thank You for who You are. Blessed be Your name, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Bible Reading:
Ephesians 1:1–14 and Psalm 119:1–13
