Psalm 107:1-3 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. (KJV)
Are you familiar with this church call and response: GOOD IS GOOD!!! All the time. ALL THE TIME!! God is Good. The design of this call and response is so that for a few moments in the midst of whatever is going on the worshippers stop and acknowledge that God is Good.
The 107th Psalm exhorts the nation of Israel and us to give thanks to the Lord because He is good, and His mercy endures forever. The psalmist encourages the children of Israel to remember all that God had done for them.
We, like the children of Israel, must remember what God has done for us. Do you remember when God set you free? Can you remember a time when you were hungry, and he fed you? What about the time when you didn’t know how you were going to survive, you not only survived but you thrived. Remember the time that you needed God to move in your circumstances and he did? What about the time that you didn’t know how you were going to make ends meet?
If you stop and think about your life and all the ways that God delivered, provided, and circumvented disasters; gratitude begins to well up on the inside. When you take the time to remember what God did doesn’t the heaviness began to lift? J Moss says
There’s a praise on the inside
That I can’t keep to my self
A holler stirring up
From the depths of my soul
Or maybe even strange
But praise is the way I say thanks
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.
Father, thank you that you are so good and that your love never runs out, it endures forever. Lord help me move to a place that gratitude is expressed and not just felt. Lord, I am redeemed and I want my inside praise to translate to a holler from the depths of my soul. In Jesus’ Name, AMEN
