FAITH CAPSULE: The month is running out for a new month to run in.
Luke 17:14
Are you prepared for the coming new month?
In preparation is to give thanks to God that have brought you this far.
Thanking is appreciation.
Give thanks to God always.
God expects a character of appreciating His doing.
The documentation of one leper among ten lepers healed by Jesus demonstrated giving thanks to God for the past.
When lepers saw Jesus, they cried out to Him for healing, and He reacted.
Luke 17:14 records, “So when He saw them, He said to them, ‘Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.”
All ten lepers experienced healing in response to Jesus.
However, one of the lepers responded to healing.
Luke 17:15-16 records, “And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks.”
One leper demonstrated the importance of going back to the past.
Are you one who looks back to God for what He has done?
Always look back to give thanks.
Jesus responded to one looking back to give thanks.
Luke 17:17-19 records, “So Jesus answered and said, ‘Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
Are you going back to give thanks to God for all the days He bestows on you?
Jesus questioned the location of nine lepers who did not turn back to give thanks.Jesus awaits thanks in return for what He has done and is doing for all.
Be conscious of what God has been doing and is doing for you so far.
Day after day, week after week, to this day, it is a great privilege of God.
One month is running out for the incoming of a new month.
Settle down, think of all God has done, give Him thanks, and be the evidence of trusting Him for the coming month.
Praying before God for the coming month is preparation to have God in all going and coming.
God performs in prayer, perfects in giving Him thanks
God is a living God, a jealous God.
The antidote for His jealousy is giving Him attention.
Thanking God for what He has done and what He is about to do will gain His attention.
Take note that God waits to act for those who wait for Him.
Wait on God by thanking Him to gain His attention.
God waits to act for those who wait on Him.
Thank God, the month is about to expire.
Prepare for the coming month by thanking God, who will perfect for you.
Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to wait patiently on his hand by thanking Him.