Yesterday morning was my first of five days simply listening to God…hearing from Him instead of filling the silence. And did He ever come through (like there was any doubt?). I started with some simple, but heartfelt, worship…praises and adoration for a God that would chose to love me even though He knows all about me.
And then God took me to Psalm 50. I actually read it a couple of times while asking the Spirit to speak to me through His Word…to direct my thoughts to what He wanted me to see here. What He wanted me to see was this:
Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God,
and keep the vows you made to the Most High.
(Psalm 50:14, NLT)
I have to admit that this verse opened up more questions than it answered for me. How is thankfulness sacrificial? I mean, sacrifice is supposed to cost us something…right? Well, how does thankfulness fit into that definition? Thankfulness doesn’t seem to cost much…if anything.
Maybe it’s about me putting aside my self-sufficiency…thanking God from a spirit of utter dependence on Him??
I am thankful. But I’m also still wrestling with this verse and its personal implications.
How about you…what do you think this verse means? What is sacrificial thankfulness? Let e hear it in the comment section…
Post Tags: Listening, Psalms, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving
To be truly thankful we have to acknowledge that someone did something for us. It reminds us of their goodness and our debt.
To show my true depth, I think that sacrificial thankfulness is like when Anita and I are SO thankful for all of our cute shoes, and we put off buying a new pair for a couple of weeks (or maybe just a couple of days!). Sorry……