Naming God's works lights up thanks.
I will remember the works of the LORD
The psalmist fights despair with grateful memory of God's intervention
This short devotional is about gratitude, from Psalms 77:11.
I will remember the works of the LORD
Psalms 77:11
The scene
We are in Jerusalem, a city on hills, with stone walls and the temple on high.
The psalmist spent nights with his eyes open, too troubled to speak. He cried out to God, and his soul refused to be comforted. He even asked: “Has God forgotten to be gracious?”
Then he decides: “I will remember the works of the LORD“. He recalls the day the waters saw God and trembled. He opened a way through the sea and led His people by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Whoever is grateful to God never goes through days of anguish or has questions.
The psalmist cried out to God and still spent nights without comfort. Questions fit inside gratitude. Bring yours to God without fear.
In our day
Anguish speaks loudly, and the questions do not let sleep come. It feels like giving thanks would be pretending that everything is fine.
The psalmist took his questions to God and then decided to remember. The Lord’s greatest work was Jesus on the cross, and there are others along the way: the help that came, the door that opened. Naming one work of God brings thanks back to the heart.
Hope. The psalmist remembered the wonders of old and the path God opened through the sea.
God's works keep telling who He is, and the greatest of them was Christ on the cross for us. Rejoice and remember one of His works.
Gratitude. The psalmist remembered the wonders of old and the path God opened through the sea.
God's works keep telling who He is, and the greatest of them was Christ on the cross for us. Rejoice and remember one of His works.
Trust. The psalmist remembered the wonders of old and the path God opened through the sea.
God's works keep telling who He is, and the greatest of them was Christ on the cross for us. Rejoice and remember one of His works.
Longing. The psalmist was also left without comfort and even asked whether God had forgotten.
His question did not push him away from God: it was asked before Him. Our questions can go to the Father too. Rest: He bends His ear.
Weariness. The psalmist was also left without comfort and even asked whether God had forgotten.
His question did not push him away from God: it was asked before Him. Our questions can go to the Father too. Rest: He bends His ear.
Doubt. The psalmist was also left without comfort and even asked whether God had forgotten.
His question did not push him away from God: it was asked before Him. Our questions can go to the Father too. Rest: He bends His ear.
Today, I tell God a question that weighs on me and, along with it, I name a work He has already done in my life.
God's mercy still stands.
The grateful heart sees miracle where the distracted heart sees coincidence.
Cordeiro Devocional
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