The first mark of a thankful life is this: “I will call on him as long as I live” (verse 2). To call on God’s name means two things in the Bible—to trust in him and nothing else for your salvation (Romans 10:12–13) and to orient your whole life to prayer and worship (Genesis 12:8). Grateful people should also walk before God (verse 9). This means to live conscious of him at all time. It is to be both “wholly exposed [and accountable] but wholly befriended [and loved].”120 Love the Lord, for he listens.
