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| English: "The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth" (1914) By Jennie A. Brownscombe (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
It is hard
to believe but in a few days, those of us in the United States, will celebrate
our annual Thanksgiving Day. A time set aside to remind all of America to once
again look up, and thank our Creator for the abundant blessings we all enjoy.
Someone once said that the road to degradation and sin begins with an
ungrateful spirit. People have abundance but want more, and are not grateful
for what they have. This we have seen in
young and old alike. So how can we turn this around? Let me suggest a couple of
things that might help: First, look around you and count all the things you
have that others might not have. Begin with the tangibles such as job, house,
clothing, health, etc., etc. Next, count
the intangibles such as friends, family, purpose, the opportunity to live here
in the United States enjoying relative peace and prosperity, and so on. Now ask yourself how you were able to
accumulate all of this. Some might be so arrogant as to say "I earned it
myself." That attitude is the first step toward degradation and sin. We
need to look to our Creator, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and express
our thanks to Him for being so good to us. We don't deserve it, but by His
grace we have it, and we ought to thank Him for His goodness towards us.
Remember that all assets belong to God. We are simply stewards of His property.
It does not belong to us. Thank Him for His trusting you to care for His
property. Thanksgiving means a lot more
than eating turkey.
RELEVANT SCRIPTURE:
For
everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received
with thanksgiving,
1 Timothy
4:4
I always
thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him
you have been enriched in every way--in all your speaking and in all your
knowledge--
1
Corinthians 1:4,5
#Eternity #God #Jesus
#Heaven Includes my personal journey.
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