FAITH CAPSULE: He that knows how to thank God for all things, will always have all things work together for good.
Job 1, 2
In life there is every reason to thank and to keep thanking God. Also, in life there is no reason to stop thanking God. No reason or situation under heaven, should prevent us from being thankful to God. God is a good God, he is perfect in Knowledge and excellent in power. Ask God for the grace to know how to always be thankful for all things that you encounter on your journey. The Word of God encourages in Ephesians 5:20, “Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Word that encourages in Ephesians also gives us assurance when it says “And we know that all things work together for good…” (Romans 8:28). It can be concluded in the above scriptural verses that those who know how to thank God for all things, will always have all things work together for good. What prevents you from thanking God? Is there a situation in your life so severe, that it hinders thanksgiving? Think of Job for a moment. Job was described as a man that feared God. He was also described as a man with great wealth in every area of life (family and finances). The Bible mentions that he was the greatest of all the people in the East. God also testifies in Job 1:8, that there was none like his servant Job on the earth; and the he was a blameless and upright man that fears him and shuns evil.. Despite of all his accolade, Job was exposed to destruction in every area of his blessings. His properties were raided and taken away, his servants were killed, and he experienced the plague of natural disaster which caused destruction over his family and all of his properties. Even in all of this, nothing that happened to Job was above God. For example, God could have disallowed Satan’s request of causing destruction to Job, yet God allowed it. And even in the midst of utter turmoil, Job did not disallow God in his life. Job’s wife rebuked him when she stated, “…Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!”(Job 2:9) Job could not deny His God when he responded to his wife stating, “…You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.”” Satan orchestrated all the destruction, but Job frustrated Satan’s orchestration when he refused to curse God’s name and sin with his lips. It is very important for a believer to constantly remember that God is unlimited and only he can reverse the irreversible. After his time of testing, Job regained multiple of all that he had lost.While you trust God with all your heart, continue to thank him for all things.
Prayer for today: O Lord my God, plant in me a heart of thanks giving to the glory of Your name.