FAITH CAPSULE: Obedience to thanksgiving as commanded by God is a sacrifice.

John 11:1-44

Are you giving thanks to God or thinking thank before God?
Are you obedient to God? 
Obediently, give thanks to God as commanded and will provoke the hand of God to give life in the place of death.
At the grave of Lazarus, Jesus gave thanks, and Lazarus gained life in the place of death.
Bible records, “Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. “Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” (John 11:38-39) 
Are you like Martha, with a lack of hope and do not obey the command of God to believe?
Jesus responds to the unbelief of Martha:
“Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” (John 11:40) 
Martha does not believe, but the people obeyed Jesus, “then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.” (John 11:41-44)
Obediently, the people took away the stone as the thanksgiving of Jesus gave life to Lazarus in the place of death.
Obey God continually, give self to giving thanks as a way of life before God, and live life for the glory of God.
Are you experiencing a journey of the wilderness with a lack of provision? One that gives obedience to the command of God will not know lack. 
Obedience to His command and thanking records the provision of plenty in the place of lack.
Mark 8:6-9, “So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude. They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, He said to set them also before them. So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments. Now those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away.”
Allow plenty in the place of lack by knowing to obey the word of God, and let thanking God become your way of life.
A heart full of thanksgiving continually as an acceptable sacrifice before God will provoke the attention of God to meet needs.

Prayer for today: Pray to live life obediently to God.