21 Things to Meditate on and Thank God For

In Psalm 50:14, 23 God says through Asaph, “Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and. . . The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me."

Therefore here are 21 different things for you to mediate on and then thank God for.

You and I who are in Christ should be thankful and make our thankfulness known to God:

(I) For his righteousness because he deserves it (Psalm 7:17).

Psalm 7:17 “I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.” The One true God is righteous! What if he was a tyrant?

(II) For his wonderful deeds of redemption and providence (Psalm 9:1).

Psalm 9:1 “I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.” *Think of the wonderful deeds God has done in Christ, believers!

Christ has swept away our sins with his cross and reckoned us righteous with his robe; He has raised us up from spiritual death by his resurrection, and advocates for us before the Father in his ascension; He has and will preserve us by his providence and is sanctifying his Spirit; Christ is conquering the nations with his shepherd’s crook and ruining his enemies with his rod; He is ruling and reigning at the right hand of God until all his enemies be made a footstool for his feet; He will return to chase away sin and sadness and to satisfy us with his presence forever; Christ will return and we will rule with him.

(III) For being our strength and our shield against sin, satan, and suffering (Psalm 28:7).

Psalm 28:7 “The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.”

(IV) For his goodness (Psalm 54:6).

Psalm 54:6 “With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.”

(V) For being our shepherd and making us the sheep of his pasture (Psalm 79:13).

Psalm 79:13 “But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.”

(VI) For his steadfast love (Psalm 107:1).

Psalm 107:1 “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!”

(VII) For answering our prayers (Psalm 118:28).

Psalm 118:28 “I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.”

(VIII) For being the Lord of lords, ruling and reigning over the kings and rulers of the earth (Psalm 136:3).

Psalm 136:3 “Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever;”

(IX) For his faithfulness through his Scriptures (Psalm 138:4).

Psalm 138:4 “I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.”

(X) For his generosity (Psalm 142:7).

Psalm 142:7 “Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.”

(XI) For the food and supplies he gives to meet our everyday needs (Acts 27:35).

Acts 27:35 “[Paul] took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat.”

(XII) For fellow saints who are united to Christ and apart of our same family (Romans 1:8; Colossians 3:15).

Romans 1:8 “First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you,”

Colossians 3:15 “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”

(XIII) For freedom from slavery to sin and also the desire now to obey Christ in joy (Romans 6:17).

Romans 6:17 “Thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart…”

(XIV) For gospel laborers who risk their lives for Christ’s glory and the church’s good (Romans 16:3-4).

Romans 16:3-4 “3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4 who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.”

(XV) For his justifying work and promise of heaven (Colossians 1:12).

Colossians 1:12 “giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.”

(XVI) For his sanctifying work (2 Corinthians 8:16).

2 Corinthians 8:16 “Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.”

(XVII) For causing us to be born again so that we receive the Scriptures not as the words of men but as the Word of God (1 Thessalonians 2:13).

1 Thessalonians 2:13 “And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.”

(XVIII) For using our sufferings to sanctify us (Psalm 119:67).

Psalm 119:67 “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.”

“When God's spiritual plants are cut and bleed, they drop thankfulness; the saints' tears cannot drown their praises” (Thomas Watson, The Godly Man’s Picture).

(XIX) For making it so that our afflictions are much less than we deserve (Psalm 103:10).

Psalm 103:10 “He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.”

(XX) For giving Christ Jesus as our eternal Prophet, Priest, and King (2 Corinthians 9:15).

2 Corinthians 9:15 “Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!”

(XXI) For the reign of Christ that has begun and will continue until he has put all his enemies under his feet (Revelation 11:17).

Revelation 11:17 “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.”

Soli Deo Gloria,
Brett Baggett