Thanksgiving and Blessing Psalm 69:30

30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.


David says, "I will praise the Name of God with a song and will magnify Him with thanksgiving." David knew the goodness of God in his life. He was thankful for all that God had done in his life and He wanted to be thankful to God for everything God had done for him. There are a lot of things that we cannot do because of a lack of talent or opportunity or even because of finances. There is one things that we have no excuse for and that is to fail to be thankful. If God never did anything else for us but forgive us of our sin debt and give us eternal life we should be forever grateful to Him.

God gave His Son so that we could be forgiven but also so that we could have life and have it more abundantly. God's goal is to bless us to the point that our lives are so full that the rest of the world would look at us and want to look to God so that He could do for then as He has done for us.

Notice David's comment, "This shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock" or hundreds of dollars in the offering plate or hours spent singing in the choir or teaching in the Sunday School. God is interested in our attitude and our relationship with Him. He wants us to look to Him for direction and then follow that direction so He can bless us and make us a blessing to others. When we come to Him in thanksgiving it opens the windows of heaven for Him to bless us even more, which should make us even more thankful, which gives Him the opportunity to bless us even more!

All God wants is to shelter and shape our lives so that our lives become their absolute best. Nothing pleases the Lord more than the opportunity to bless us and His blessings come when we are thankful to Him for all that He has done and all that He has planned to do for us.