EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!
FRIDAY JANUARY 09, 2025.
SUBJECT : THE NEED OF THANKSGIVING IN OUR PRAYERS!
Memory verse: "In everything give thanks; for this is the Will of God in Christ Jesus for you." (First Thessalonians 5 vs 18.)
READ: Psalm 103 vs 1 - 5:
103:1: Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His Holy Name!
103:2: Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:
103:3: Who forgives our iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,
103:4: Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
103:5: Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
INTIMATION:
In everything, including prayer, we should give thanks because it is the Will of God. We know that God is the Performer of every good thing we have seen in our lives and in others. He is the doer of all the invisible happenings in our lives in accordance with His goodness, love and mercy. God is responsible for all the benefits, especially intangible benefits, accruing to us in life, and giving Him thanks always help us avoid taking God's provisions for granted.
Thanksgiving is an integral part of our relationship with, and praise to God. The Bible, in Revelation 7 vs 11 - 12 says, "All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever. Amen."
All we have; life, faith, salvation, possessions etc are gifts from God (John 3 vs 27; Ephesians 2 vs 8 - 9; James 1 vs 17). When someone gives you a gift, the appropriate response is 'Thank you.' Thanksgiving therefore, is also a proper response to God at all times, and in everything. The psalmist says, “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and sing praises to Your name, O Most High; To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night." (Psalm 92 vs 1 - 2.)
The bases of praise, and thanksgiving is declaring God's character and attributes. When we recognize and affirm His goodness we are holding up His perfect moral nature for all to see. With genuine praise, and thanksgiving, we ascribe to God all the glory due to Him. We cannot thank Him enough for His great and wondrous acts in our lives.
In the passage we read today, David tried listing some of the benefits accruing to us daily from God; plenty for which to give Him thanks and praise. He forgives our sins, heals our diseases, redeems us from destruction, crowns us with lovingkindness and tender mercies, satisfies our desires, and gives righteousness and justice. We receive all of these without deserving any of them. No matter how difficult your life’s journey, you can always count your blessings—past, present, and future. And this praise to God benefits us because it takes our minds off our problems and needs, and focuses on God's power, mercy, majesty, and love.
God has graciously adopted us as His children who are born of His Will, therefore, we should rest assured of His presence in our lives at all times. Consequently, in everything that happens to us, we should be thankful for God's presence, and for the good that He will accomplish through the happening, knowing that, "All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose" (Romans 8 vs 28).
It’s noteworthy that God works in 'all things,’ not just in isolated incidents, and for our good. This does not mean that all that happens to us are good. Evil is prevalent in our fallen world, but God is able to turn every circumstance around for our long-range good.
The psalmist in Psalm 95 vs 2 says, "Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving....." Therefore, we should always acknowledge God's goodness, and His presence with thanksgiving. God is pleased when we give Him thanks. He uses our responsiveness to teach us more about Himself, revealing Himself more to us for our benefits.
Your offer of thanksgiving will not be in words only. Just as we naturally show appreciation for what others have done to us both in words and material offering, we should do the same to our Father in heaven. Your material offering in thanksgiving is an application to God for more. God will ever reciprocate all your offerings to Him, and in greater dimension.
Thanksgiving should be in all areas of our lives, and If you are truly thankful, your life will show it. As an integral part of our praise to God, it is what we do ourselves. This is the instruction of the Lord. (See Leviticus 7 vs 28 - 30). God told the people of Israel to bring their offering personally with their own hands. They were to take time and effort to express thanks to God. It’s quite obvious that you are the only person who will express adequately your thankfulness to God and to others who have blessed, or helped you.
Prayer: Abba Father, Your praise will be in my lips always, and I will thank You, O Lord, for Your presence and the good that You have accomplished and will accomplish in any circumstances of life that I face. Endue me with the spirit of grace and supplication to You with thanksgiving at all times, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.
PRAISE THE LORD!
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