Happy Thanksgiving!

Psalm 75 teaches us to thank God. Verse 1 says, “We thank you, O God!” Here are four reasons that the Psalmist has given:

First, we give thanks because God is always with us. Ps. 75:1 reason out that “We give thanks because our God is near.”

Second, we give thanks because we can see God’s amazing works in our life and in the lives of other people. Ps 75:1 also says that “People everywhere tell of God+s wonderful deeds.”

Third, we give thanks because God, in His own time, will bring justice. Ps. 75:2 gives us this assurance — God says, “At the time I have planned, I will bring justice against the wicked.”

Fourth, we give thanks because our hope is in God. Ps 75:3 gives us the confidence –“When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil, I am the one who keeps its foundations firm.”

Psalm 75 also teaches us three ways of thanking God:

First, we must thank God by not boasting and acting in defiance against God. Ps. 75.4 says, “I warned the proud, ‘Stop your boasting!’ I told the wicked, ‘Don’t raise your fists.+”

Second, we must thank God by telling others what God has done and is doing in our lives. Ps. 75:9 recounts what the Psalmist did “But as for me, I will always proclaim what God has done.”

Third, we must thank God by singing songs of praises and thanksgiving. Ps. 75:9 challenges us to sing — “I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.”

May God bless us all!

Rev. Francis Neil G. Jalando-on
Acting Director
Office of Communications
Central Philippine University