Faith Capsule: Thanking God at every breath can never be too much.
Psalm 150, Luke 17:1-19
It is worthy to ask self, what have I done for Jesus lately? That is, “What have you been giving back to Jesus”? Do you not think you owe Jesus? The main reason why Jesus was given to us is for us to inherit eternal life.
If man will know to give thanks for all things, in all things, all things will work for good. Are you thanking God enough? In a period of an hour if one can count the number of thanks rendered to God, one is definitely short in thanking God. Thanking and praising God is not a thinking engagement but a giving engagement. You do not think thanks; you give thanks. Also, thanks should be an every moment engagement. Giving thanks and praising God cannot be separated because both go together. Psalm 92:1 confirms, “It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High”. Psalm 150:6 declared, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise God!” Going by the word of the Psalmist, thanking God at every breath can never be too much. In life, giving is sowing, and sowing is serving.
Are you giving back to Jesus enough thanks?
God, who is a jealous God, desires and deserves our attention and will always expect thanksgiving and praise worship from us. This is evident in the documentation of Jesus and the ten lepers who 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)
Thanking and praising God gets Heaven’s attention because God inhabits the praises of His people. We do not only give thanks for what God has done or what He is doing but we also give thanks for what He can do or what we expect Him to do. Are you expecting God to move concerning your confronting situation? Regardless of the magnitude of your situation, believe and give thanks to God before manifestation of your expectation. Jesus believed that God was going to bring Lazarus back to life and as a result, Jesus did not wait for Lazarus to rise before He thanked God for Lazarus’ rising from dead. It is written, “Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, ‘Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.’” (John 11:41) If you will begin to thank Him prior to the manifestation of your expectation, the Lazarus in your life will rise in Jesus name.
Prayer for today: Ask for mercy for being short in your thanks giving unto Him.