![]() He realized how good God had been and how undeserving he was of all these blessings. Looking at his life, counting his blessings instead of complaining about his burdens, it dawned upon David just how much God had done for him. We are not told the circumstances in which David received this Psalm, but it is not difficult to imagine how it happened. David was awestruck with God's blessings. There is no supplication, no request, no petition or plea in this prayer. It is a prayer of nothing but praise to God. Praise the Lord and count your blessings (vv. This is important to a proper interpretation of this passage. He is reminding himself, as he praises the Lord, of all that God has done, but in the context we see that he is using a grammatical device here and is instructing his own soul. Someone has called this David's "Hallelujah Chorus." Notice that in our text he addresses his soul. If you have your Bibles turn to Psalm 103, the passage we read before our prayer. Thus, today and next Sunday Morning we will be focusing on this theme of Thanksgiving. We are bombarded with Santa Claus and snowmen.īut as God's people it is fitting that we should focus our thoughts, not only now but often, upon the goodness of God and offer our gratitude to Him for who He is and for all He has done for us. Now as soon as the big push to buy costumes and candy is over, out comes the commercialization of Christmas. Noticeably absent are the paper pilgrims that used to decorate the stores no too many years ago. Christmas, because of its great commercial power, is already being pushed in the stores. I was shopping in one of the local grocery stores this past week and noticed that Thanksgiving has all but been overlooked. We should have some time set aside each day, to give our praise to Him who has blessed us so richly. It is a shame that we have only one day set aside each year to give thanks to God as a nation. In just a few short days we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day.
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