Magnify God with Thanksgiving
Ronald Vanoverloop's meditation on Psalm 69:30 calls believers to cultivate thanksgiving as a fundamental spiritual discipline, rooted in God's sovereignty as Creator and Sustainer of all things. Drawing on Scripture, the article emphasizes that Christians have special reason for perpetual gratitude given the grace of salvation, and applies this principle to contemporary observance of Thanksgiving Day. The piece offers practical spiritual encouragement for developing a life characterized by thanksgiving to God in all circumstances.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30 Many in the United States have come to refer to Thanksgiving Day as "Turkey Day." We do not want to do this if it is a way to avoid reference to the One to whom all thanks must be given. All thanks is to be given to God, for He made and He sustains the heavens and the earth and all things that are in them. As the Giver, to all, of life and breath and all things (Acts 17:24, 25), He is worthy to be...
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