FAITH CAPSULE: Giving Him heartfelt thanks should not be narrowed to only a certain day or time of the year.
Psalm 106, Luke 17:11-19
Thanksgiving is not in giving out turkey. The Bible says “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!” (Psalm 150:6) Praising God is not complete without thanking Him neither is thanking Him completes without praising Him. The word of God confirms it, “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.” (Psalm 100:4) Giving thanks to God and praising God are not separate-able. If we are to go by the word of Psalmist as mentioned above, every breath should be backed with a word of thanks giving. Also, giving thanks to God is not what we think it is what we give by extending our heart in appreciation that is backed with action. Thinking thanks is an evidence of not having pay attention to see what God has been doing. Jesus healed ten lepers and nine of them must have been thinking thanks. However, the only one that demonstrated to have saw the need to not to think thanks reacted, “And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.” (Luke 17:15-16) Have you been seeing what He is doing for you? Have you been walking away just thinking thanks in your heart? Today, if you will pattern your thanksgiving approach like that of one leper that returned, wellness will become your mark. A failure not to thank God demonstrate lack of understanding it is evidential to not remembering His awesomeness. The Psalmist recorded, “Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.” (Psalm 106:7) It is a sin and an act of wickedness not to thank God for all He is doing in our life. God constantly expects our thanks giving and Jesus demonstrated that when He said to the one leper that went back to give thanks, “Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God…” (Luke 17:18) Giving Him heartfelt thanks should not be narrowed to only a certain day or time of the year. Thanking God for who He is and what He is doing should be an everyday, every moment activity. The children of Israel did not remember the multitude of His mercies, but rebelled. To lack remembrance is an act of rebellion. Glorify His gracious and might name by giving Him shouts of thanks giving.
Prayer for today: Ask Him today to give you the grace to be consistent and constant in remembering the multitude of His mercies.