Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Psalm 35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

I once had an invitation from an old friend, a man consider to be a mentor and a role model, to go out and eat and to celebrate Thanksgiving. But Howard (my friend’s name is Howard Johnson) Howard called it a Non-turkey Thanksgiving, and I agree with his point.

Why do we only give thanks one day out of the year. Does our thanksgiving have to revolve around a turkey? Are the provisions and blessings God provides for us every day worthy of only one day of thanks? Does our thanksgiving end when the last drumstick is devoured?

In the book of Palms the psalmists sing psalms of thanks to God over twenty-two times. Jesus speaks of thanks four times in the book of Luke alone, and Paul mentions thanks over twenty-five times in his epistles. So Jesus, David, and Paul would all tell us giving thanks to God once a year simply isn’t enough. On top of Turkey Day we should be celebrating Non-Turkey Thanksgiving Days every day.

So don’t just give thanks on Thanksgiving Day, give thanks every day. Let today be a thanksgiving day…and tomorrow…and the day after…

Let every day be filled with thanks to our sovereign God for all He has done, is doing, and will do.

Have a God Filled Week,
Brother Donnie