Sometimes we really don't get it!! Actually, most of the time. Whenever I feel afraid, my fear is a result of amnesia because the God that protects me didn't leave and I have somehow forgotten that He is there, just as near as I'd like for Him to be. Interestingly, we forget a lot of things, a lot of truths and sadly, we forget the most important truths of all: we forget the facts God has shared with us in His whole truth revealed to us in His Holy Word.
"I will never leave you nor forsake you," He tells us...."I am"...He says..."I love," He promises, "I will return," He reminds...and yet we act like we've never heard the story...! Maybe that's why we are commanded even to choose life, love and hope, because if left to our own devices, we will forget how to have joy. So, it's almost thanksgiving, and we have forgotten perhaps how to give thanks....! Maybe we aren't feeling very thankful? Possibly, is this you right now? Are you feeling thankful? How soon till that feeling ends? Are you feeling ungrateful? How soon till this too passes? What if we were to enter thanksgiving grateful because of the truth that He is in control. Furthermore, what if we were to act grateful because of His sovereignty and only because He is God? In God's Holy Word, he reminds us to,
"I will never leave you nor forsake you," He tells us...."I am"...He says..."I love," He promises, "I will return," He reminds...and yet we act like we've never heard the story...! Maybe that's why we are commanded even to choose life, love and hope, because if left to our own devices, we will forget how to have joy. So, it's almost thanksgiving, and we have forgotten perhaps how to give thanks....! Maybe we aren't feeling very thankful? Possibly, is this you right now? Are you feeling thankful? How soon till that feeling ends? Are you feeling ungrateful? How soon till this too passes? What if we were to enter thanksgiving grateful because of the truth that He is in control. Furthermore, what if we were to act grateful because of His sovereignty and only because He is God? In God's Holy Word, he reminds us to,
" give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus" 1 Thessalonians 5:18, NIV).
Such a powerful reminder to do quite the impossible task....!! I'm supposed to give thanks in all circumstances? All? Truly, the Good Lord could not have meant us to rely on feelings and then to issue this mandate to give thanks in all circumstances. I'm not feeling very thankful right now...! Yet, I praise God for this reminder that my gratitude is to God and not to my circumstance. Also, I praise God that our present trials pass away and the words of the Lord last forever. Please break bread with your families, or alone or wherever this year with the thought and the truth that God is the reason to give thanks and hopefully no matter the circumstances, Thanksgiving will be full of joy!!
Hopefully this video will help you worship how rich we are all this thanksgiving and how truly blessed because God gave the ultimate gift and has never taken that gift away!
