FAITH CAPSULE: Thinking thanks before God is not same as giving thanks to God.
Psalm 104
Giving thanks to God is not thinking thank. Giving thanks is praising God and praising God is thanking God. Understanding must be in giving thanks or praising God. Psalm 47:7 buttressed, “For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding.” Thinking thanks in the place of giving thanks is the evidence of limited or lack of understanding to be GIVING-THANKS to God at every breath. It is written, “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD! (Psalm 150:6) Evidently, praising God or giving thanks to God at every breath (not once a year) is never too much for a man with God given breath of life. To be alive is a privilege it is not a right; to be alive is of mercy and it is not a thing of merit. This day give self to giving thanks and praise to God. What is it that is keeping you down and not open your mouth wide to giving glorious praise and thanks to God? Are you denying or reducing your praise and thanksgiving to God? Thinking thanks before God is not the same as giving thanks but give thanks to God with understanding. God is worthy of thanksgiving and praise worship from every man with His given breath.
The psalmist praised, “O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.” (Psalm 104:1-4) It is a wise move for man to take just a line out of the above scriptural verses and meditate on it all day long. He alone is worthy of thanksgiving and praise.
God alone is worthy of our praise and thanks. He is the God of miracle. God deserves a boastful praise and thanksgiving not only a contemplative (thoughtful or reflective) praise. The word of God states, “I am the LORD your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.” (Psalm 81:10) Open your mouth wide, give praise and thanksgiving which is able to provoke God to raise you beyond your expectation. Today and henceforth, give thanks and praise to God as long as there is breathe in you. Today and henceforth, give thanks and praise to God as long as there is breathe in you. Do you not know that miracle is a blessing, or do you not realize it fully that it is blessing to have a miracle? Whichever way it is twisted, make it a top priority of your day to carry Him along in your meditation that He blesses and add no sorrow. (Proverbs 10:22) By that virtue, know it that you shall not know evil, but the goodness of the Lord God shall continually be your portion. Praising Him before all that is before you will invite Him to all that is set before you. He is a miracle working God.
Prayer for today: Give thanks to God for the grace of salvation.