FAITH CAPSULE: Are you giving thanks for all things or only things that you get the way you want it to be?
Luke 17:11-19
Are you one that is always caught up with thinking giving thanks or one that opens mouth wide giving thanks? Ones that know to think know to give thank. A mouth that is wide open giving thanks will experience God’s perfection of what He performed. A jealous God will always expect giving thanks and this is evident in the narration of Jesus and ten lepers that were healed. When ten lepers were healed, “…one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God.” (Luke 17:15) One leper’s return to give thanks with a loud voice prompted Jesus’ response, “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.” (Luke 17:18-19) Only God knows how long the returned leper has been trusting God for his healing before Jesus spoke healing into his life. The important point here is that he was able to go back and offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Also, he was not thinking giving thanks in his heart but gave thanks with a loud voice. Jesus’ response testifies to the fact that He was waiting for the lepers to return for thanksgiving. Just as He waited for the leper to return for thanks giving, so He is waiting for us to return and give thanks. Return and do not wait until is too late to appreciate what He has done, what He is doing and all He will do.
Give thanks for daily and all year long prayer request manifestation. Have you been trusting God for any miracle that is yet in your hand? Provoke the hand of God by thanking Him expressively for the prayers that are not yet manifested. God performs in prayer and perfect in thanks giving. One leper went back to give thanks and Jesus added perfection to his healing deliverance. Consider this month your month of thanks giving and the coming month will become your month of manifestation. Thanking God before prayer manifestation is exercising faith to provoke God’s hand on your behalf. Give your all to God in praising and thanking God. Praising and giving thanks is attending to God. The antidote of jealousy is giving attention. Remember, God is a jealous God and getting Him to attend to you is inhabited in giving unto Him a ceaseless praise worship and consistent thanksgiving.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of a heart that is rooted in appreciating God on a regular basis.