Worthy Of Thanks!
"Oh, give thanks to the Lord,
for He is good! For His mercy
endures forever."
1 Chronicles 16: 34
Sometimes Americans watching a
British period film
are surprised to hear a judge, mayor, or other official
referred to as “Your Worship.” Worship comes from 2
words: “worth” (value) and “ship” (a condition or state).
So
addressing someone as “Your Worship”
means acknowledging their state of worth,
or importance or their value.
Worship was used in secular contexts long before it
entered the religious vocabulary. So it’s easy to see
why it did: When we worship God, we ascribe worth,
value, or importance to Him.
There's no end to the reasons to give thanks to God.
In the Old Testament,
a common refrain was to “give
thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy
endures forever.” God’s attributes, like
goodness
and mercy, are never-ending.
In your personal times of worship, start by giving
thanks to God. Warning: You may run out of time
before you run out of reasons for thanksgiving!
"The measure of our spirituality is the
amount of praise and of thanksgiving
in our prayer."
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones