FAITH CAPSULE: Return to give thanks to God always.
Daniel 6
Thanksgiving before God is evidence of one that is mindful of God.
Thanksgiving before God should be rooted in the mind of man but not just in the head.
David must have been curious why God is mindful of man when he approached God to ask, “What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?” (Psalm 8:4)
Be mindful of God with the understanding that thanksgiving before God will lead one to the divine assignment.
Giving thanks to God is a will of God that demands to be continual.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 admonishes all, “Do you know that giving thanks for everything is the will of God.”
With prayer, live a life of giving thanks before God without ceasing, the evidence of one that is mindful of God.
Giving thanks to God or praising God must be with understanding.
Psalm 47:7 admonishes all, “For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding.”
Know to be giving thanks, praising God, worship God in all ways with the understanding, reasonable, and acceptable before God.
Ephesians 5:20 buttresses, “Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Understand and know giving thanks always for all things to experience all things to work together for good. Give God a HEART-FULL of thanking and not just by giving MOUTH-FULL of thanks before God.
God awaits the offering of thanksgiving at all times.
A HEART-FULL thanksgiving is with the expectation to gain the attention of God.
Thanksgiving with praise worship before God is engaging a weapon to gain victory.
The Bible records how thanksgiving is the way to move forward and not become a victim of the wickedness of this world.
Daniel, with thanksgiving before God, was delivered from sudden death in the den of Lions. Daniel 6:10 records, “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.” Daniel did not hide his thanksgiving before his enemies to aggravate them as he received the grace of deliverance from God. With thanksgiving, Daniel could not die an untimely death in the den of lions.
Thanksgiving before God gave Jonah an escape from sudden death. Jonah disobeyed God to end in the belly of fish. The Bible records the testimony of Jonah, “But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.” (Jonah 2:9) The thanksgiving of Jonah before God was his deliverance from the belly of fish.
Are you giving thanks to God with understanding?
Thanksgiving before God demands consistency as a sure way of deliverance of God.
Again, understand and know that thanksgiving before God for all things will make all things work together for good, to the glory of God.
God is a jealous God and expects your thanksgiving before Him at all times.
Prayer for today: Ask that you will live the life of giving thanks to God.