How do I really thank God?

It has been a rambling thought... How do I thank God?

I mean there are times when my heart just overflows with gratitude and I look around for amazing ways to show him how thankful I am. Ever feel that way? The sweet baby? A miraculous healing? An answered prayer? Maybe it's a sunset that blows your mind - and all you want to do is thank him.

I've not come up with the answer to my question. Nothing seems adequate.

In today's Bible time, I read Psalm 116, and David asks this same question. What shall I return to the Lord for all his goodness to me?, David ponders in verse 12.  Indeed, what shall I return, for I have nothing. Everything in my life is God's. He allows me to love my children and husband, but they are his.  He allows me to use his money, but it's his. He graciously lets me see a peek of the splendor he created in the heavens, but it's not mine.  Humbling, isn't it? Homelesss, penniless, yet proud.  Not words I would choose if you asked me to describe myself.

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. In verses 13 and 14 David raises his cup in acknowledgment and thanksgiving, and he continues to call on the Lord.  He doesn't stop asking God for blessings - he wants all that God has in store for him.  He then states that he will obey God and continue to serve him. I'm in awe by this point because I finally have an answer!


It's so simple, isn't it?  It all goes back to God. I've once again tried to make it about me, but it's about God.  All he wants is for me to thank him, to obey him and to rely on him as my constant provider.  He is the giver of all good things and , I mean nothing, I do or say can even come close to being enough. In his grace, he just asks for a humble whisper from the depths of my soul.  "'Thank you, my Lord."