the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
1 Chronicles 17:16-27
David feels he has deserved nothing. Quite overcome, he recalls the goodness of God towards him, and renders Him praise and thanksgiving. Do we say "thank you" to God? When anyone fails to act in this way towards us, we call it want of politeness or ingratitude. Let us not imagine that God does not feel it when His children forget to thank Him. And yet, if we think about it, how many blessings do we receive from Him each day without remembering to thank Him for them or without even having noticed them! How many of His kind acts do we not just take for granted, at least as long as we still enjoy them: the care of our families, our health, our food . . .? When we sit down for a meal, we in Christian families have a custom (and indeed a duty) to give thanks. But it is necessary that our hearts really enter into the words spoken by the head of the family. Even more than the material benefits we receive from Him, let us bless God for Christian privileges: the Word, the gatherings of believers, our up-bringing in the fear of the Lord (Ephesians 5:20). And above all this, let us never weary of giving Him thanks for His great salvation, for the great Saviour whom He has given us. Let us repeat with the apostle: "Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift!" (2 Corinthians 9:15).
