24 - The Sacrifice of Praise!

Psalms 50:
23 Whoever offers thanks as a sacrifice, honors me.
I will let everyone who continues in my way
see the salvation that comes from God."
God's Word

How can offering thanks be a sacrifice? someone may ask.

There are times in life when things go against us and we need the salvation of God to be active in our situation.
The normal human reaction when our circumstances seem to be working against us, is that we complain and feel sorry for ourselves, or we become angry and aggressive.

The Lord is saying to us here that if we resist reacting in either of those normal ways, and instead offer thanks and praise to Him, we will see His salvation work on our behalf in the difficulty we are facing.

In this case, our offering of praise becomes to us a sacrifice, because to praise God is probably the very last thing we feel like doing at the time.

If you decide to accept God's challenge to give an offering of thanks in your time of difficulty, you will find that He will work your circumstances together for His glory and your benefit.

Prayer:
Father, today I set myself to give You thanks, despite whatever I am facing.
I give You praise, Lord!
I give You praise, Lord!
I give You praise, Lord!
Amen.

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LB stands for "The Living Bible", by Tyndale House Publishers NKJV stands for "The New King James Bible", by Thomas Nelson Publishers These daily thoughts are made available by SolWise.Net