Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His steadfast love endures forever.
Psalm 106:1
The One Step Daily Devotional is intended to provide just one step each day for your journey with God. Every journey requires water breaks. Here is a water break for you.
When does thanks end? When does the conversation of gratitude close? Psalm 106:1 reminds us that the gratitude and thanks that we have for the Lord should relate to the eternal existence of His goodness, His faithfulness, and His love. Because His love, faithfulness, and goodness have no end, neither should our gratitude.
The Psalmist commands us to, “praise the Lord!” This is the response to the knowledge of the wonderful nature of God. If we find ourselves not praising Him, or withholding thanks to Him, it may be that we have lost sight of His goodness, faithfulness, or love. He does not change; people do.*
Today might be a good day to praise. It’s been hard? It’s a good day to praise Him. It’s been a long time coming? It’s a good day to praise Him. Praising God is not a denial of difficulty; it’s an acknowledgement of His transcendent and eternal goodness, love, and faithfulness.
Praising God sounds like, “this hurts, this is hard, I’m tired, I can’t see a way forward… but O how good You are Lord! I am thankful that you never change. I’m thankful that you love me forever no matter what. I know you will help me through this mess. Be my strength O God!”
Today, take a step.
Maybe today the one step God wants you to take is to remember who He is. Perhaps today He wants you to praise even if you don’t feel like it. Perhaps there is some gratitude that He would like you to express.
Whatever the step, ask God to direct it. Take a moment to take that step. Invite Him to speak. He will.
Life is a long road. Walk it with Jesus. Take a water break… we all get thirsty.
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*VanGemeren, W. A. (2008). Psalms. In T. Longman III & D. E. Garland (Eds.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Psalms (Revised Edition) (Vol. 5, pp. 780–781). Zondervan.