Thanksgiving Two
As I became an adult Thanksgiving replaced Christmas as my favorite holiday. All the delicious food won me over along with the love that goes into the preparation. In addition, I was born two days after Thanksgiving, so that also makes it a special time of the year for me.
As I am studying thanksgiving from a biblical perspective, I see that giving thanks to God is very special to Him. It pleases the Lord when we give thanks. (Psalms 69: 31) Under the old covenant God set into place a system of animal sacrifice to forgive sins and show thanksgiving. Yet at the end of the day, the earth belongs to the Lord, everything is His, so those “sacrifices” weren’t really giving Him anything. Being that He created us with a free will, the voice of our sincere thanksgiving pleases Him because it’s not something He already has, it’s yours to give or reserve.
Have you sincerely thanked the Lord today?
“That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving And declare all Your wonders.”
PSALM 26:7 AMP
“I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving. And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.”
PSALM 69:30-31 AMP
“Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;”
PSALM 50:14 AMP
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