Verse
Psalm 105:1 (ESV) — “Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!”
Meditation
Psalm 105 begins by joining gratitude and trust. Thanksgiving is not separated from calling on the Lord; the two belong together. God’s people remember what He has done because memory shapes faith. This psalm looks back over God’s saving acts and confesses that His work did not begin yesterday. Morning is a fitting time for this posture. Before the day demands attention, we are invited to recall God’s faithfulness and to speak it aloud. Gratitude steadies the heart and turns it outward. Calling on the Lord reminds us we are not self-sufficient. Making His deeds known keeps faith from becoming private or fragile. The day begins best when it begins with thanks, prayer, and confidence in the God who has already acted for His people.
New Testament Verse
Luke 17:15 (ESV) — “Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.”
Old Testament Verse
1 Chronicles 16:8 (ESV) — “Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!”
Collect
O Lord, whose mighty deeds endure through every generation, set our hearts in gratitude and our voices in praise this day. Teach us to call upon Your name with trust and to live as witnesses to Your faithfulness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hymn Verse
Now thank we all our God
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom His world rejoices.
(TLH 559, verse 1)
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