S(Psalm 106:1,48) Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever ... Blessed be the Lord ... from everlasting to everlasting ...
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God's goodness and love fills eternal past, eternal future, and eternal now. One response is necessary: Giving thanks is our perpetual need, and our ability to do this is based on having insight to recognize His mighty deeds in the past and present (v. 2, 7,13) and our willingness so acknowledge Him. Not giving thanks leads to despising our current circumstances, doubting God's promised love and goodness, then murmuring against God and disobeying Him (v. 24, 25).
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This psalm reminds me that before, during, and after all things, God's goodness and love is the final, the supreme word. Even though our human history is shell shocked from denying God, our freedom to be cruel ends up providing even more demonstration of God's contrasting faithfulness. When I choose not to become thankful, I choose to become blind to God, which leads to doubt and despair.
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Jesus, I'm a citizen of a world that actively hardens its heart against You ... and I've contributed to that hardness (v. 6-8). Forgive me, please. Forgive us. Now I choose instead to cherish Your mighty deeds and I ask You to open my eyes so I can praise You for even more for Your kindnesses and mercies to me. As I do this, may I change the history of our attitude towards You?
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