"I will honour You highly, O Lord ... O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever" (Psalm 30:1,12).
At
the heart of true worship, which gives much glory to God, there is
thanksgiving. We must never forget that we are sinners, who have been
saved by His amazing grace. We receive His grace at the Cross of our
Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us give thanks to God for our
Saviour.
"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing" (Psalm 30:11).
What
the Lord does for us - This is truly amazing. He does for us what we
could never do for ourselves. He does for us what no-one else could ever
do for us. We look at what we are. We look at what the Lord has done
for us. We say, This is 'amazing grace.' We say, 'To God be the glory.
Great things He has done.' "This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous
in our eyes" (Psalm 118:23). "Not to us, Lord, not to us but to Your
Name be the glory, because of Your love and faithfulness" (Psalm 115:1).
"I am filled with the power of the Lord's Spirit" (Micah 3:8). This is what makes true ministry of God's Word so different from 'prophecy' that doesn't come from the Lord. Without the power of the Lord, there can be no Word from the Lord. We need the Word, and we need the power. "Let's go to the mountain of the Lord ...He will teach us His ways so that we may live by them" (Micah 4:2). We are taught by the Lord so that we might live for Him. Teaching and living - they belong together. We do not learn from God's Word so that we can amass more head-knowledge. We pray for a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ - a life-changing knowledge that gives us the strength that we need to live for the glory of God.
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