Daily Devotion for May 6 - Psalm 86:12 - 13

Verse
Psalm 86:12–13 (ESV)
I give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify Your name forever. For great is Your steadfast love toward me; You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

Meditation
The psalmist does not give thanks with a divided heart but with his whole being. True worship springs from a heart that has seen the depths of its own ruin and the greater depths of God’s mercy. The word for "steadfast love" (chesed) speaks of God's loyal, covenant-keeping mercy—a love that does not abandon, even when we are in the depths of despair or death itself. This is no fleeting feeling, but an eternal faithfulness. God has not only preserved life; He has redeemed it from destruction. To glorify His name forever is not only the psalmist’s vow—it is the believer's destiny.

New Testament
Ephesians 2:4–5 (ESV)
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.

Collect
Almighty and ever-faithful God, whose steadfast love reaches deeper than death and higher than the heavens, we give thanks to You with our whole heart. Deliver us daily from sin and preserve our souls from the grave, that we may glorify Your name now and forever; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Hymn Verse
I will sing my Maker’s praises,
And in Him most joyful be,
For in all things I see traces
Of His tender love for me.
— I Will Sing My Maker’s Praises – LSB 977:1