“Karen’s Notes!
Insights from a Glory-Bound Lady”

Selected Notes
Volume 7 Number 45 “Shooting that Arrow!”

November 6th, 2024
Post # 341

It is hard to believe that we are already nearly a full week into November, isn’t it? Let’s make this a wonderful month of worship and praise to our awesome Savior. We should be thankful and worship every day. However, let’s really invest time in being very intentional in our thankfulness to the Lord this month.

Please let me remind you that last Wednesday I shared a workshop that Karen presented many years ago. Somehow these conference notes were placed in a different spot from where Karen typically kept her notes. I suspect she pulled these out to use in conversation in a one-to-one counseling appointment. I’m glad I found these notes to use as we enter the month of the national holiday of Thanksgiving.

The Scripture text that Karen used is Psalm 105:1-5. She defined “active worship” as giving thanks to Him (105:1); singing to Him (105:2); glorifying Him (105:3); seeking Him (105:4); and remembering Him (105:5).

Let’s take a little time and think of just the first point in her conference notes. Thanks for allowing me to share just a tiny bit of the thoughts from her handwritten notes. She will soon bring us to Psalm 105. But first, she reminded the conference attendees of Psalm 46.

Karen wrote: Psalm 46:10 reminds us that we need to “Be still and know that I am God.” This worship comes from the heart. Now to Psalm 105.

1. Give Thanks! “Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name. Make known His deeds among the people” (105:1). The word “thanks” is the Hebrew word yada (yaw-DAW) which means “to throw, to cast or to shoot as in shooting an arrow!” When we shoot an arrow, we must focus on the target.

As an arrow being aimed and released at the intended target, we recognize the Source of our blessings, and we give thanks to Him. When it comes to our blessings, let’s write them down and make a list. This is an on-going fresh active worship each day. We conclude: God is good!

Michael’s observation: There is much more I could have shared from her notes. But for today I know that you and I have much for which to thank the Lord. We must intentionally aim our praises and thanksgiving to the true Source of all our blessings. Join me in thanking the Lord throughout the day. Lord willing, next Wednesday I will bring us to the next point in her workshop on active worship.