Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalm 50:23 (New Living Translation)

23 But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.

God is speaking to people through the writer Asaph. These sentences are part of God chastising the wicked. There isn’t much good to say. God tells them, “Repent or I will tear you apart.”

The speech ends with verse 23. Hey, wicked (too often that is me), give thanks to God. That giving is sacrificing as I no longer have what I once had. When I thank God, I honor God. I acknowledge that what I have, what is a blessing to me, is from God. God is the source of my life.

The verse ends with a promise of keep to God’s path (don’t wander along on the other path). God will reveal salvation.

Thanks be to God.