1 Chronicles 29:13 "Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name."
Yesterday, we looked at Psalm 100:4 concerning our entering the gates of God
with thanksgiving and into His courts with our praise. We see David applying
this principle as he is honoring God with the substance of material goods that
he and the people have brought for the building of the temple. David is
acknowledging something that is all too often overlooked in the world:
Everything belongs to God. He declares in verse 12, "Both riches and
honour come of thee..." At the risk of repeating myself from an
earlier writing, everything good about us comes from God and belongs to Him.
Paul would state it in this manner: "For of him, and through him, and to
him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen." (Romans 11:36)
All good things are of Him; that is, they come from Him and they are to
be given back to Him through thanksgiving and praise.
As we look back through the list of great men and women in the Bible, David
certainly ranks high on the list. He wasn't perfect, but neither were any of
the others. God spoke of him as being a man after His own heart. David's
approach to this great deed of bringing materials together was one of being
thankful and giving praise and honor unto the Lord. Then to drive that point
home to all who read this chapter in 1 Chronicles, David asked a question:
"But who am I... to be able to offer so willingly...?" As David
entered the gates and into the courts of God, he was humbled to know where God
had brought him from and where he had been placed. When even his own father saw
David as a lad, God saw him as King. David realized every blessing came from
the Father in heaven. Today, I want to be thankful for the blessings God has
bestowed. I want to thank Him for seeing more in me than I could see in myself.
God is so good and I thank Him and praise His glorious name!