Two words, thanks and giving, are joined to make one word. Thanks given to a friend for some gift or act warms the heart of the receiver. Thanks is an act of giving; directed toward God, it becomes worship and warms Abba’s heart. “Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me.” Whatever else you bring as a gift to God is enhanced by thanksgiving. When you have nothing in your hands to give but thanks, you have something that God highly values, something He accounts as worship.
“Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me; to those who go the right way I will show the salvation of God.” Psalm 50:23 (NRSV)
