Psalm 75:1

                                


We give thanks to you, O God;

we give thanks, for your name is near.

We recount your wondrous deeds.

Psalm 75:1


Sat down today and thought through this little scripture.

We give thanks to you, O God.

I need to stop more often and thank God for who He is.  It is easy to come before God with all that surrounds me, what I am dealing with, fears and stresses.  I know God cares about all this “stuff”.  It’s not a biggy to Him, but I am not asked to come into His presence with complaining or strains.  I am to go with Thanks.  When I do that, I find that is the beginning point when I turn over all my fears, worries and everything to Him.  He can carry that, plus us.

So, Lord, I give thanks for who you are.

This leads to We give thanks for your name.

God met moses at a burning bush, and the way he revealed himself was in His name.  It speaks of who He is.  He reveals Himself through His great name.  That name is Jehovah.  He is the self-existing one, the eternal one.  There is no one before Him who can compete with Him.

We give thanks, for your name is near.

The self-existing one, the eternal one, is near in time and place.  He is not far off; he is within reach.  I love the thought that He is within touching distance.  Psalm 23:4 says

Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff comfort me.

When a shepherd walks with the sheep, we know that he would get the staff out, and if they wander off, he will pull back them back with the staff, but the rod is another instrument altogether.  It’s a blunt instrument.  It was used to protect against other animals seeking to destroy the sheep.  It served another purpose.  Every now and then, the sheep would need assurance that the shepherd was still there, so the shepherd would reach out and touch the sheep with the rod as he walked beside them in the darkest valley.

I take great courage that He is near, even then.

We recount your wondrous deeds.

Strictly speaking, the word ‘we’ here should be They.  The people of God recount His wondrous deeds.  To recount something is to recall, remember, declare or announce.  This is where we step into praise and worship now.

I always forget stuff and frequently struggle to find the correct stimuli to remember what I will say and do.  The word recount means to declare and announce but also to have a written record where you weigh it all up.  That’s pure class.

Has God done something for you? Get it written down because there will come a time in the valley when you will forget like me, and you will need something to recall again or remember or recount His wondrous deeds for you.

He is good, always has been and always will be.

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