DAY 365 Read Psalms 145 through 150.
Today's reading: This group of six psalms brings the collection to a triumphant end in a burst of praise to God.
Memory gem: "While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being" (Psalm 146:2).
Thought for today:
Thankfulness is the very heart of the gospel. It is the heart of the Bible. It is the heart of Christian life.
Jeremy Taylor, of the Church of England, once said, "Every furrow in the book of Psalms is sown with the seed of thanksgiving."
Thanksgiving is a universal solvent for the troubles and worries of the heart. Thanksgiving is the divine catalyst that makes the miracle of a Christian life a reality.
Even though you may be suffering, even though you may have disappointments and sorrows, you can still thank God for the blessings you enjoy. You can even thank God for the things that have troubled you, for they have helped to develop your character, helped to prepare you for a place in God's service here and for a place in His kingdom of glory to come.
George Matheson, one of Scotland's preachers, finally came to the place where he could even thank God for his blindness. He said, "My God, I have never thanked Thee for my thorn. I have thanked Thee a thousand times for my roses, but never once for my thorn. I have been looking forward to a world where I shall get compensation for my cross, as itself, a present glory. Teach me the glory of my cross. Teach me the value of my thorn. Show me that I have climbed to Thee by the path of pain. Show me that my tears have made my rainbow."
And we can never forget the words of his song:
O joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to Thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain
That morn shall tearless be!
So let us say with the great apostle, "In every think give thanks" (1 Thessalonians 5:18). And above all, and through it all, and forever, let us be thankful for God's greatest gift, the Lord Jesus Christ, the assurance of God's love for us.
Today's reading: This group of six psalms brings the collection to a triumphant end in a burst of praise to God.
Memory gem: "While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being" (Psalm 146:2).
Thought for today:
Thankfulness is the very heart of the gospel. It is the heart of the Bible. It is the heart of Christian life.
Jeremy Taylor, of the Church of England, once said, "Every furrow in the book of Psalms is sown with the seed of thanksgiving."
Thanksgiving is a universal solvent for the troubles and worries of the heart. Thanksgiving is the divine catalyst that makes the miracle of a Christian life a reality.
Even though you may be suffering, even though you may have disappointments and sorrows, you can still thank God for the blessings you enjoy. You can even thank God for the things that have troubled you, for they have helped to develop your character, helped to prepare you for a place in God's service here and for a place in His kingdom of glory to come.
George Matheson, one of Scotland's preachers, finally came to the place where he could even thank God for his blindness. He said, "My God, I have never thanked Thee for my thorn. I have thanked Thee a thousand times for my roses, but never once for my thorn. I have been looking forward to a world where I shall get compensation for my cross, as itself, a present glory. Teach me the glory of my cross. Teach me the value of my thorn. Show me that I have climbed to Thee by the path of pain. Show me that my tears have made my rainbow."
And we can never forget the words of his song:
O joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to Thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain
That morn shall tearless be!
So let us say with the great apostle, "In every think give thanks" (1 Thessalonians 5:18). And above all, and through it all, and forever, let us be thankful for God's greatest gift, the Lord Jesus Christ, the assurance of God's love for us.
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