It is time to celebrate Thanksgiving again, and I’ve been thinking.
I wonder how many people are thankful to God on Thanksgiving? I remember when I was growing up how much fun Thanksgiving was. All of our family would get together at my folks house and we would have a feast. My mom would cook for a couple of days ahead getting food ready.We would have turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, winter squash, baked beans, homemade pickles, cranberry sauce, olives, and for desert pies and homemade banana bread. (It makes me hungry just thinking about it.)
The men usually would go out hunting for deer in the morning and then when they came in for dinner would be really hungry and would share stories of the deer they saw but couldn’t get a shot at. I used to love to hear all the hunting stories.
I recall the guys would actually make gluttons of themselves having contests to see who could eat the most.
Those are fond memories of family as we celebrated together. But, you know what, I think we were thankful for all the wonderful food we had, but I can never remember that we ever prayed before we feasted or gave thanks to God for anything. Now, that strikes me as sad.
After becoming a Christian I realized that God is the one who provides.
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.(Philippians 4:19)
Yes, we can be thankful that we have a good job, that our family is healthy, that we have enough money. We can be thankful for almost anything but God needs to be the object of our gratitude. God has enabled us to work, to have a job, to make money. He is the source of everything we have.
In Matthew 6:25-34 God tells us that we are more important than the birds and the flowers, and He provides for them. He also tells us not to worry. Instead we need to be thankful for how He has provided for us by seeking Him and He will take care of us.
I had an email from a new Christian recently. She can’t wait for Thanksgiving this year and said she has a new thankfulness now that she is closer to God. She will look at the day in a new way this time. Isn’t that great?
I pray each of you will be thankful this Thanksgiving holiday and that your gratitude will be directed toward God.
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Yes.. we need to thank God in everything because He is the one who is in control of everything… And He is merciful, Good .. he won’t give us trials that we don’t have the capability to solve…
He is the Sovereign……
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It is important to thank God for everything because God is the source of everything we have. He is the One who created us. He gave us life. He gives us our talents and abilities and He supplies our needs. We work hard and accomplish something good, but God gives us the ability to do the hard work. He gives us the strength. So, we thank Him.
Yes, He uses regular people also. People do help us reach our goals and it is good to thank them too, but remember if it were not for God those people would not be here to help us. Ultimately it goes back to God. He gives us
every breathe we have. He is Sovereign. He is in control. He can do as He pleases because He is God. So, we need to be humble and bow down and thank Him for everything.
You might be interested in my article God is Sovereign.
http://www.hatchcreek.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/god-is-sovereign/
Bonnie
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i dont understand importance of thanking God for what ever u got by chance or my ur hard work .
It is better to thank people who helped you reach ur goals
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Mike & Robin Simpson:Hi Pastor Craig, Yes indeed He is murcifel. In Luke 1: 46-55, I love the words of Mary where she talks about His having mercy and being faithful to those who are humble and fear Him. I love how it mentions He remembers His promises to Abraham and generations to come. This might seem like a silly question, but since we are not from Abrahams line, and are grafted into His family, that does extend to us, correct? I know He sure is murcifel to me! Have a great day in the Lord and keep warm!! Brrrrrr it is cold here in Florida in the 40 s. His love & ours, Robin
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