Today’s passage: Psalm 116
Helpful thoughts:
- This psalm is a thanksgiving for the Lord’s deliverance. God answers prayer!
- This psalm is a personal testimony of deliverance that can be sung by a congregation of people.
- The way the psalmist gives back to the Lord is to ask the Lord for more grace (Verses 12-13).
- This glorifies the Lord by acknowledging that all we have and do is the result of God’s gracious work in our lives. There is no way we could pay Him back, and acknowledging this is right worship.
- Public worship (Serving God openly) gives testimony to God’s gracious work in our lives. It is a testimony of thanksgiving in action to the greatness of God.
Questions to consider:
- Why would verse 15 be true? What happens when God’s saints pass away that would give Him joy (2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:21-23)? How does this perspective give us a reason for thanksgiving whether a Christian is released from the “snares of death” (Verse 3) or whether they are released from this burdensome “tent” (2 Corinthians 5:4)?
- How does this psalm encourage us to worship and serve together with the church? How does our worship and service glorify God and encourage others?
- If we were to think that we could repay God for what He has given us, what would we not be understanding about the curse of sin, our natural state, and the grace of God? How does Ephesians 2:8-10 explain this well? How much of the glory does God deserve for our salvation and good works?