MEMORISE: It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing
praises unto thy name, O most High: Psalm 92:1.
MESSAGE
Thanksgiving to God, especially for gifts and blessings received, is
required and expected. God abhors ungrateful people. God expects Christians to
give thanks in all circumstances they are confronted with. In 1st Thessalonians
5:18, Apostle Paul wrote that: “In everything give thanks: for this is the will
of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” Our Lord Jesus Christ also demonstrated
to us the essence of thanksgiving. Several times, He gave thanks to the Father
(John 11:41, Matthew 15:36, Luke 22:17). God wants His children to thank Him
and show gratitude for everything that happens in their lives. We are to thank
God when we are full and when we are empty. We are to continuously show
appreciation for the many things we normally take for granted. Our willingness
to thank God should not be based on our mood, i.e. whether we are happy or not.
It should not be based only on the things we receive and recognise as gifts and
blessings; we should also thank God for the miracle of sleeping and waking up,
for the gift of life, for the salvation of our souls and for divine health.
Thank God for the ability to use every part of your body; that you can eat,
drink, see, walk, speak, learn and interact with people. Thank God because no
matter what you are going through, you are still better off in certain areas
compared to some other people on the face of the earth. Thanksgiving to God can be expressed in several different ways. However,
offering thanksgiving to God in an acceptable manner guarantees an immediate
response from God. Solomon chose to give a thousand burnt offerings (2nd
Chronicles 1:6), one of the lepers in our Bible text fell down and glorified
God with a loud voice (Luke 17:15-16), while David showed gratitude in song and
with dancing (2nd Samuel 6:14). God responded to Solomon by giving him a blank
cheque to ask for anything he wanted. The leper had a partial healing at first,
but Jesus made him completely whole after he offered thanks. God was pleased
with David and He established his throne forever. Each of these three received
a blessing from God that was irreversible. I pray therefore that as you praise
and thank the Lord for His goodness and mercy over you over your life, you will
receive irreversible blessing from Him in Jesus’ Name.
PRAYER POINT: Father, please give me a heart of gratitude and put on me
the garment of thanksgiving.
READ: LUKE 17:11-19
11 And it
came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem , that he
passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee . 12 And as he entered into a certain village,
there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13 And they
lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when
he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it
came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when
he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16
And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a
Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where
are the nine? 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save
this stranger. 19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made
thee whole.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: EZEKIEL 17-18 and REVELATION 6:3-17
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