Give Thanks to the Lord for His Light.

Psalm 118: 25 Save us, we pray, O Lord!
    O Lord, we pray, give us success!
26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
    We bless you from the house of the Lord.
27 The Lord is God,
    and he has made his light to shine upon us.
Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,
    up to the horns of the altar!
28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
    you are my God; I will extol you.
29 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
    for his steadfast love endures forever!

This last section of Psalm 118 brings us back to where it started, with David giving thanks to God and calling upon all to give Him thanks, because He is good and faithful in His love.  One way He describes this is having God shed His light upon us. The picture refers to the blazing light of the brazen altar where sacrifices were offered.  This light of God is also shown in His Son, Who came in the name of the Lord.  This passage is alluded to in His triumphal entry, when the people sang, only some of whom seemed to understand that Jesus is God's light to the world. May we give thanks for His Light today.