| I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever. |
| —Psalm 145:1-2 |
Today, throughout the United States of America, we celebrate a Day of Thanksgiving. But truthfully, every day should be a Day of Thanksgiving. We have so very much for which to thank the God who loves us with His everlasting love. In the words of Nederlandtsche Gedenckclanck, from 1626, translated by Theodore Baker in 1894:
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing;
He chastens and hastens His will to make known;
the wicked oppressing now cease from distressing:
sing praises to His Name, He forgets not his own.
Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine;
so from the beginning the fight we were winning:
thou, Lord, wast at our side: all glory be Thine!
We all do extol Thee, Thou leader triumphant,
and pray that Thou still our defender wilt be.
Let Thy congregation escape tribulation:
Thy Name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
King David echoes these very thoughts in his words from Psalm 145:1-2:
I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever.
May the blessings of the Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—fill our hearts with genuine thanksgiving this day. May we recognize that all that we are, and all that we have, has come to us as a precious gift from God. And, may the joy of His eternal Presence keep us safely in the hollow of His mighty hand, this day, and every day, until Jesus comes again. Amen.
Based on a blog originally posted on Thursday, November 22, 2018
