“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”
“I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.”
Psalms 107:1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
1 Chronicles 16:34 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
Psalms 119:68 You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
Psalms 136:1-9 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His loving-kindness lasts forever. Give thanks to Him Who alone does great works, for His loving-kindness lasts forever. Give thanks to Him Who by wisdom made the heavens, for His loving-kindness lasts forever. Give thanks to Him Who spread out the earth upon the waters, for His loving-kindness lasts forever. Give thanks to Him Who made the great lights, for His loving-kindness lasts forever. He made the sun to rule during the day, for His loving-kindness lasts forever. He made the moon and stars to rule during the night, for His loving-kindness lasts forever.
Psalms 103:17 But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,
Deuteronomy 7:8 but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Jeremiah 15:21 I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
Isaiah 43:5-6 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.
God does not change and His love is steadfast even though we walk paths apart and away from Him. This call to give thanks includes creation, mighty awesome deeds of protection, and redemption. We deserve none of it. We all like sheep have gone astray seeking satisfaction and purpose apart from God. Giving thanks should call to remembrance all that we know about God and what He has done, is doing, and will do. Give thanks at all times and in all situations for He is worthy.
