A Song of Thanksgiving
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How Has the Lord Shown His Goodness and Mercy to You?
What Has He Redeemed Recently That Warrants Your Thanks?
“O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy.”
—Psalm 107:1–2
“O give thanks”
The psalmist is giving an earnest plea, hence the use of the interjection “O” to intensify his words.
We have some worship songs today where we offer a hearty “Ohhhhhh”—sung loudly and merrily.
This is not that song.
Here, “O” is added for intensity, not levity.
It is an invitation to join.
Thanks is all we can give Him—and the least we can give.
Therefore, let us diligently render to Him our thanksgiving.
Let us at all times be thoroughly fervent in the praises of the Lord, both with our lips and with our lives, by thanksgiving.
“Unto the LORD”
Jehovah is the name used here.
Give thanks to the omnipotent God,
the absolute,
the supreme,
the Most High God,
the covenant-keeping God,
the promise-making and promise-keeping God.
“For He is good”
His is no common goodness.
He is good by nature,
good by essence,
and proven to be good in all the acts of His eternity.
Compared with Him there is none good—no, not one.
But He is essentially, perpetually, superlatively, infinitely good.
We are the perpetual heirs of His goodness;
therefore, above all His creatures, we should magnify His name.
“For His mercy endures forever”
Mercy is given by a superior power and authority to those in a lesser state.
His mercy is:
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kindness
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goodness
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favor
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blessing
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protection
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consideration
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grace shown to the guilty
It endures forever and HAS endured forever.
His mercy had no beginning and has no end.
It cannot be measured, limited, or contained.
It does not grow tired through the ages.
“Let the redeemed of the LORD say so.”
Whatever others may think or say, the redeemed have overwhelming reasons to declare the goodness of the Lord.
Ours is a peculiar redemption, and for it we should offer a peculiar praise.
The Redeemer is so glorious,
the ransom price so immense,
and the redemption so complete,
that we are under eternal—and privileged—obligation to give thanks unto the Lord and to tell others why.
Let us—the redeemed—not only feel so, but say so.
Let us sing it, shout it, live it, and beg others to do the same.
“Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy”
Ours was a divine redemption from a sentence of death, darkness, and oppression.
God liberated and offered freedom to us in a way that only He could.
What gratitude can suffice for a deliverance from the power of sin, death, and hell?
