Psalm 107: 1 - 3 NKJV
Oh, give thanks to YHWH, for he is good!
For His mercies endure forever.
Let the redeemed of YHWH say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy.
And gathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.
Psalm 107: 8 - 9 NKJVThese passages from Psalm 107, entitled "Thanksgiving to YHWH for His great works", reminds and urges us to be always thankful to God for His mercies and His goodness.
Oh that men would give thanks to YHWH for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men.
For He satisfies the longing soul,
And fills the hungry soul with goodness.
Verse 1 gives the most fundamental reason why we, the redeemed people of YHWH, should give thanks: simply because "He is good".
Verses 8 and 9 goes on to tell us to thank YHWH for His wonderful works and for satisfying the souls of those who long for Him. Yes, the hungry and longing soul is filled with the goodness of YHWH!
This reminds us of a verse in an earlier psalm, in Psalm 37:4 where King David writes that YHWH shall give us what our hearts desire, i.e. our hunger and our longing, when we delight ourselves in YHWH.
Psalm 34:7 NKJVThe same truth is taught by our Lord Iesous Christos (Yeshua the Messiah) in Matthew chapter 6, when he opened his mouth and taught the disciples and the multitudes on a mountain:
Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6: 6 NKJVBrothers and Sisters in Christos, what are we longing for today? What are we hungry for? And what are we thirsting over?
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
Let us long for our God, the God and Father of our Lord Iesous Christos, Yeshua the Messiah.
