When we pray the Lord's Prayer we ask our Lord for a lot of different things. We affirm that we are trusting him to provide for all our needs. How often we rush on and take no thought to how we can give thanks to our Lord who has provided all our needs! We pray that God's kingdom will come but we don't thank him that he has established his kingdom. We pray that God's will may be done but we don't thank him for doing his will in our life. We pray for our daily bread but we forget to thank him for all his care. We pray for forgiveness but are not moved by the enormity of the forgiveness our Lord has given us. We pray to be protected from evil but we neglect to thank God for deliverance from all the bad things that could have happened.
David gives thanks to God for delivering him from the hands of Saul and from his other enemies. He thanks God for revealing his pleasure to David, even for God's refusal that David should build him a temple. He thanks God for his enduring kingdom and prays that the Lord will govern his kingdom through the ages. He gives thanks to the Lord for his care.
Lord, may we take your word and live in it, rejoicing in what you have given us, acknowledging that you are the great and mighty God who has granted us life and forgiveness in Christ Jesus.
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