Giving Thanks

"We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!  For your wondrous works declare that Your name is near."  Psalm 75:1

God is so worthy of our thanksgiving.  With His gentle hand He has provided our lives.  With the might that holds up the universe, He sustains each breath we breathe.  Each individual act of God's power and grace is a gift.  And the gifts He gives are innumerable.  We give Him thanks because He is good.  He gives because He is good.  Out of His goodness flows the wondrous works we receive.  Each wondrous work declares the goodness of His name.  But the goodness of God refuses to leave His name out of reach, for we see that His works declare His name is near.
In His transcendent magnificence He is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light.  No man dare to even consider looking upon His full glory.  Certainly there are times that He chooses to reveal a portion of the glory which surrounds Him, but no man can look upon God and live.  Yet, in all of His omnipotent splendor God has chosen to come near.  He has chosen to declare that He is near by declaring so through His wondrous works.  He has chosen to come near in the person of Jesus Christ.  As John says, "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father."
God is near today for all who follow Christ, and we should thank Him.  He is good.  He is powerful.  He cares enough to intervene.  Give Him thanks with your life.