Bible Reading for December 4 – Psalm 105:1-15

What are you thankful for during this season? Health or wealth or friends or family? These are indeed great blessings, but today’s passage reminds us of an even greater reason to be thankful – for God Himself.

So, why should we sing to God? Why should we be glad when we seek Him above everything else? In the first place because of His strength (v. 4). When we look back in Scripture and in our individual lives over the wonders God has done (v. 5), we remember that there is nothing too difficult for God – not even the problems that face us and our loved ones today.

We should also give thanks for God’s judgments (v. 5). God’s Word is a reliable guide for us, even when we face our most puzzling decisions. Better still, God’s Word is in all the earth (v. 7) – there is no place, or time, or situation in which it no longer applies. In the Holy Scripture, we have a firm foundation for our faith, and a never-failing light to guide our steps, no matter how confused we may become.

But best of all, we can give thanks for God’s faithfulness, that He has remembered His covenant promises (v. 8). The psalmist gives thanks that God kept His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to multiply their descendants and to give them a place to live. But we have even greater reason to praise God – for through the Person and Work of Jesus Christ, God has made all who trust in Jesus His very own people. And God has promised not just to give us a place to live, but to live within us in His Holy Spirit.

So, let’s take God at His Word today, trusting in His promises, relying on His judgments, and depending on His strength. What better reasons could we have to give Him thanks and praise?

Psalm 105:1-15 (NAS)

Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples.
2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders.
3 Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.
4 Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.
5 Remember His wonders which He has done, His marvels, and the judgments uttered by His mouth,
6 O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
7 He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
8 He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
9 The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac.
10 Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan As the portion of your inheritance,”
12 When they were only a few men in number, Very few, and strangers in it.
13 And they wandered about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
14 He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes:
15 “Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.”