Faith Capsule: Allow giving thanks to become your conscious and consistent engagement

Psalm 106

It is written, “Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.” (Psalm 30:4) Also, Psalm 97:12 buttressed, “Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.” How often do you remember Him in the journey of a day? If you are one that is able to count the number of thanks rendered to God you have not been remembering Him enough thanks. He is worthy of countless thanksgiving. Giving thanks is remembering God. The more you give thanks to God the more He remembers you. Be conscious of the truth that God remembers with favor. As a jealous God, magnifying Him is giving Him attention and the Psalmist makes us to realise that giving thanks is magnifying Him when it stated, “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.”(Psalm 69:30) By consciously giving Him thanks we are gaining His attention that is power to deliver and preserve in the journey of life.
Giving thanks is acknowledging that God is near and closer to us more than our imagination. Looking around and seeing the wonders of His hand is the evidence that God is near to us. It is true that the wonders of God that are near to us are the creation of the Word of God. Seeing the work of God testifies that the Word is near us. The Word that created is the Word of God and the Word is God. (John 1:1-3) The Psalmist testified, “We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.” (Psalm 75:1) If the name of God is near, evidently His presence is near. Why not allow giving thanks to become your conscious and consistent engagement?
God is good. What is good is godly. Psalm 92:1 declared, “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High.” Are you rendering enough thanks to the name of God for His goodness? Psalmist recorded that it is good to give thanks. James 4:17 buttressed, “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” Make giving thanks to God your conscious and consistent engagement, avoid sin and allow His presence.
Giving thanks is praising Him. The psalmist stated it beautifully, “Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.”(Psalm 106:1) Why is giving thanks a challenge for you to consciously and consistently engage? Thanking God is praising God. As long as you have breath let thanking God be for you. The psalmist admonished, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord! (Psalm 150:6)

Prayer for today: Ask God to bestow upon you to be conscious and consistent engaging thanking Him.