23 Those who sacrifice THANK-OFFERINGS (THANKSGIVING) HONOUR ME,
AND PREPARE THE WAY so that I may show them My salvation.’ Psalm 50, Asaph
Asaph was a leader of the worship in God’s Temple and there are twelve psalms attributed to him or to those of the Asaphite group. The verse before this was a serious warning to, ‘those who forget God’, but it’s almost as if the psalmist was reluctant to end on a negative note. God told Israel that those who offered Him thanksgiving were actually honouring Him! ‘Our thanks’ has the power to honour the God of the whole universe, amazing! God’s Spirit concludes the psalm with a beautiful promise, that those who choose to remember to thank God, ‘Prepare the way that He may them His salvation’.
14 ‘Sacrifice thank-offerings to God,
fulfil your vows to the Most High,
15 and call on me in the day of trouble; (AN INVITATION FOR THOSE IN TROUBLE!)
I will deliver you, and you will honour me.’ Psalm 50
The end of the psalm is actually a repeat of these earlier verses, God’s willingness to help those in any trouble without judgment. There’s something quite wonderful in these verses, that Almighty God wants to help clean up our mess, if we’ll only turn to Him and Honour Him. Selah, consider.
Turning towards a mighty God and away from our immediate problems and offering God our Thanks and Praise is powerful encouragement. ‘Shopping List Prayers’ have their place but God is so much greater than our problems, think of a child coming to its father for help. We can literally thank and worship our way out of problems, as we wait before our God and Praise Him.
May the Lord bless and keep you today. Immanuel, God is with us.