In this NKJV year on November 26--Thanksgiving!--I was struck by the Psalmist's statement to the Lord:
Psalm 116: 17
I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the LORD.
I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the LORD.
Which brought to mind
Hebrews 13: 15
Therefore by Him (the Lord Jesus) let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
A sacrifice can be defined as "giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else". Perhaps this is the application: One will give up self-centered thinking--especially feeling sorry for oneself or focusing on very real suffering and pain and hurt--in order to give thanksgiving and praise to God, Who in His sovereign providence gives us all things and holds us in His fatherly hand.
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