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Psalm 50:14
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
14Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
15Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
Notice
Thanksgiving is named as a sacrifice, and the command to pay vows gives worship the weight of promises made to the Most High.
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What changes in your view of gratitude when it is called a sacrifice offered to God?
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Hebrews 13:15Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.Both passages describe thanks or praise as a sacrifice offered to God.
Psalm 56:12Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.Both passages join thank offerings to the obligation of vows made to God.
Deuteronomy 23:21When you vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.Both passages require payment of vows to God; Deuteronomy makes explicit the seriousness of delaying payment.
Psalm 107:21–22Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!Both passages direct gratitude toward God, with Psalm 107 naming his loving kindness and wonderful deeds as reasons for praise.
Jonah 2:9But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD.”Jonah pairs a sacrifice of thanksgiving with paying his vows, matching both commands in Psalm 50.
Psalm 116:12–14What will I give to the LORD for all his benefits toward me?Both passages concern giving to God; Psalm 116 asks what to give in response to his benefits.
1 Peter 2:5You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.Both passages speak of sacrifices offered to God; Peter describes spiritual sacrifices acceptable through Jesus Christ.
Numbers 30:2When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out …Both passages require keeping vows made to God, with Numbers spelling out the duty to do what was spoken.
Hosea 14:2Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips.Both passages connect offerings to God with vows, linking worship with words of commitment.
Psalm 76:11Make vows to the LORD your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.Both passages command the fulfillment of vows to God and speak of bringing him an offering.
Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.Both passages describe sacrifice directed toward God; Romans names the offering of believers’ bodies as spiritual service.
1 Thessalonians 5:18In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.Both passages command thanksgiving, with Thessalonians extending that command to every circumstance.
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Encouragement
The God who owns the world asks for thanksgiving and fulfilled vows. Your thanks have a place in worship before the Most High.
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