Psalms 105:39-45
He spread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
They asked, and he brought quail,
and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed through the desert like a river.
For he remembered his holy promise,
and Abraham, his servant.
So he brought his people out with joy,
his chosen ones with singing.
And he gave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
that they might keep his statutes
and observe his laws.
Praise the Lord!
Truth: God gives us blessings so that we will praise Him with them.
In this passage God is outlining, through the pen of the poet, all that He did for the nation of Israel while bringing them out of Egypt and protecting and providing for them in the wilderness. While the writer outlines a number of areas of God's great provision, the writer draws the conclusion at the end of the passage. He writes that the reason for the proceeding blessings is, "that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the Lord!!! We have a reason that God blesses us ... it is not so that we can be comfortable. It is not because we deserve it. It is not so that we can boast about what "we own." It is not so we can impress our neighbors, friends and families. It is so that we can praise God and bless Him!!! When we "count our blessings" we are doing so in order to calculate the amount. We count our blessings to know what to accredit back toward God. God is the one who blesses us so that we can bless Him!!!
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