It’s after Thanksgiving, but we can still give thanks, yes? The Thanksgiving blog quoted Psalm 136, which opens with:

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. (ESV)

Psalm 138 opens with thanksgiving:

I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; 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. On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased. (Psalm 138.1 – 3, ESV)

“You have exalted above all things your name and your word.” If that’s the case, best we spend time in the word and honor it, along with God’s name.

May the glory of your name be the center on which our lives turn. (Lord’s Prayer, Matthew 6.9, TPT)

Psalm 138 closes with this promise:

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me. The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. (Psalm 138.7, 8, ESV)

God preserves me in the midst of trouble – he doesn’t promise that I’ll never have trouble.

Finally, “The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me.” God fulfills his purpose for me, I don’t fulfill my purpose for him.

Here’s an example in the Christmas story:

And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” (Luke 1.38, ESV)