Proclamation:
“What shall I return to The
Lord for all His goodness to me? I will
lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of The Lord. I will fulfill my vows to The Lord in the
presence of all His people.” Psalm 116:12-14 (NIV)
Explanation:
This psalm was written under
the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by King David when he was fleeing from
King Saul. David was thankful that The
Lord had saved him. (Psalm 116:6-8) Here
he asks a rhetorical question and then proceeds to answer it. The question is: “What can he give to God in
return for all of the blessings he has received?” The answer is that in order to express his
gratitude he will offer praise to God for his temporal salvation, and for his
spiritual and eternal salvation. In
addition, he would do this publicly in front of God’s people.
Application:
God is the maker and creator
of everything. “The earth is The Lord’s
and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” (Psalm
24:1) Everything belongs to Him
including all the cattle on a thousand hills and the hills also. (Psalms
50:10-11) All that we can give to Him
which He does not already have is our praise and thankful worship. This we can give Him publicly and
privately, with our external behavior and our internal thoughts, and through
our praise and prayers. We can make vows
to The Lord publicly before the assembled people of God and then keep them.
(Psalm 66:13-14) Because He gave us the free
will to choose when we were created that is all that we have to give Him. We can choose to praise Him, worship Him, and
serve Him. We should do these things
both privately and publicly to the glory of God.
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