“Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.” (Hosea 14:2)
We “render the calves of our lips” when we praise the Lord in truth. This thought is reiterated in the New Testament Book of Hebrews, and perhaps more clearly: “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.” (Heb. 13:15) take time to praise the Lord, we have so much to praise Him for. Thanksgiving is a type of praise; it glorifies God, and sees Him as the benefactor of our goodwill, and humbly acknowledges our position in Him, and our responsibility to Him. We can offer the praise of our lips, and thanksgiving, as a sacrifice on the altar of grace, and find comfort in the fact that we please God in so doing. We have so much to be grateful for; this verse gives us a couple of important things that we can praise the Lord for: That he has taken away all our sin, and that He has, by His wonderful grace, received us unto Himself. What more could a Christian ask for than that?
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