SCRIPTURE: Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. John 11:41.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Thanksgiving communicates the understanding that you are not powerful enough to keep yourself alive.
It has been confirmed that thanksgiving is a character of every genuine child of God. Psalms 150:6 admonishes that everything that has breath should praise the Lord.
Beloved, to be alive is to praise God. Your life is the licence God gave you to praise Him. And you are expected to keep praising God as long as you live.
The truth is, something dies in people when they don’t praise God. It is the living that praise God, not the dead. If you are alive and you don’t want to praise God, it shows that you are not really living, because to live is to praise God.
Now, what does thanksgiving imply?
Thanksgiving implies or communicates understanding.
Thanksgiving shows someone has understanding of issues in the realm of the spirit.
Now, what kind of understanding?
Romans 9:16 says,
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Thanksgiving communicates the understanding that you are not powerful enough to keep yourself alive. It is the realization of the fact that it is not your education or your strength that has kept you alive. You come to a point where you know that it is not your connection or contacts that made you what you are today.
So, thanksgiving communicates deep spiritual understanding; it shows your understanding of the issues of life. This means, if someone refuses to give thanks to God; it shows their lack of understanding. There is something people of ingratitude don’t know: ingratitude is a display of lack of understanding; it is a show of foolishness.
Beloved, do not entertain foolishness in life; display understanding by thanksgiving.
Remember this: Thanksgiving communicates the understanding that you are not powerful enough to keep yourself alive.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Make up your mind to gain understanding and flow in thanksgiving.
- Give thanks to God at all times and in all situations. Find something to thank God for in every situation.
PRAYER: Lord, I ask that You deliver me from every form of ingratitude. I gain deeper spiritual understanding as I give thanks to You, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE CHARACTER OF THE THANKSGIVING (PART ONE)
QUOTE: Avoid the life of murmuring and complaining. Learn to wake up in the morning with praise. Culled from the book, “15 KINGDOM STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL” by Dr Paul Enenche.
DAILY READING: Romans 9-11.
AMAZING FACT: The lion’s roar is the loudest of any big cat, reaching up to 114 decibels.
PROPHETIC WORD (DECLARATION): The LORD deepen your understanding in this season to flow ceaselessly in thanksgiving, in Jesus’ Name.
