Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
*Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 2617
Loving Devotion: goodness, kindness, mercy
Again, here in this verse, the word thanks is rendered from the Hebrew word 'yadah'. Once more we are reminded to throw up our hands/arms in thanks giving and praise. We are to cast our hands before us in worship. Why? Because God is Good.
GOD IS GOOD
2 Chronicles 5:13
The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: "For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever." And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud.
2 Chronicles 7:3
When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: "For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever."
Matthew 19:17
So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
Psalm 25:8
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
HIS LOVING DEVOTION ENDURES FOREVER
Psalm 100:5
For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
*Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 530
Faithfulness: firmness, steadfastness, fidelity, truth, stability
Psalm 86:5
For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.
Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exodus 34:6, 7
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”
Daniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him.
Psalm 130:4
But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
Psalm 103:17
But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children's children.
Dear God,
Thank You for extending Your mercies to me and to my children and to their children. Turn the hearts of those who have left You back to You. In this day there are many that attempt to fully dissuade them from Your lovingkindesses and Your Word.
As the lyricist says, "Break our hearts for what breaks Yours." Lead us and guide us into and through the Truth of Your Word that we may truly see You and know You as You want to be seen and known by us.
Thank You for sending Your only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross in our place, washing away our sins and forgiving us of all our unrighteousness. Grow Your Word in us that we may truly be seen as Trees of Righteousness: unbending, not wavering, but carrying the Strength of the Lord within us wherever You plant us.
Thank You for being a Loving God and for loving me.
Thank You for being a Loving God and for loving me.
In Jesus' Name, I pray,
Amen
