This past week we have been talking a lot about giving thanks, not surprisingly because in Canada we just celebrated Thanksgiving.

David writes in Psalm 9 verse one,

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

What’s interesting is that David writes later in verse 13 of this same Psalm how he is facing affliction and yet what is he doing? He is worshiping God.

Many of us know that when a season is difficult, worshipping God may be the last thing we want to do. I have certainly experienced that in my own life.

And yet, history has taught me that if I worship God in the midst, things in my heart begin to shift. Rather than solely focusing on me (“oh woe is me”), when my attention is shifted to God, my heart overflows with praise.

Our God is all that we need and worship points to that fact and fuels our faith.

And like David said it must be whole hearted. He says, I will give you thanks, with my whole heart. Not part, not the part that is focused on relationships idols and the world, no. God isn’t satisfied with part of our heart. God wants all of it.

I will give you thanks, Lord, with my whole heart.

So the question is, are we worshipping God with our whole heart?

You, like me, can probably pinpoint a thousand moments when God has provided for you but think about one. Think about the most prolific one and remember this: God is now, as God was then. God’s faithfulness never changes. God never changes.

In the midst of a difficult time or whatever the season looks like, God always has been and God always will be.

So trust God today…worship God with all your heart and let that overflow because our God is worthy to be praised.