What can we Render…?
If you have embraced Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you have become a child of God – blessed with eternal life and all that comes with it.
It is human nature to feel the need to do something. But, we know it is all of God; we did nothing to earn it. It is of grace, not of works.
There is really nothing we can do, but just to accept it from him:
“What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.” (Psalm 116: 12, 13)
We are encouraged to “take,” but also to offer thanksgiving and praise in return.
“I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.” (Psalm 116:17)
In Psalm 100, it says to “Enter [the Lord’s] gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” (Psalm 100:4-5)
In Hebrews 9, there is mentioned “the sacrifice of himself”; in Hebrews 13, there is “the sacrifice of praise.”
“For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” (Hebrews 9:26-28)
“By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.” (Hebrews 13:15)
The Lord Jesus Christ “sacrificed himself” at the cross of Calvary so that we can have eternal life. We, in return, offer our “sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving” to the One who loved us, and gave Himself for us.
1 Blessed be God, our God!
Who gave for us His well-beloved Son,
The gift of gifts, all other gifts in one;
Blessed be God, our God!
2 What will He not bestow!
Who freely gave this mighty gift unbought,
Unmerited, unheeded and unsought,
What will He not bestow?
3 He spared not His Son!
‘Tis this that silences each rising fear,
‘Tis this that bids the hard thought disappear;
He spared not His Son!
4 Who shall condemn us now?
Since Christ has died, and risen, and gone above,
For us to plead at the right hand of Love,
Who shall condemn us now?
5 ‘Tis God that justifies!
Who shall recall the pardon or the grace?
Or who the broken chain of guilt replace?
‘Tis God that justifies!
6 The victory is ours!
For us in might came forth the Mighty One;
For us He fought the fight, the triumph won;
The victory is ours!