Thanks on Thanksgiving Day
I have reflected on this before writing this article. I have thought about my own life.
In retrospect I have expressed thanks to God daily as I prayed. In recalling other people as they prayed, they did the very same thing. Although we do this daily, Thanksgiving Day is a time we give recognition to thanking God. I really believe a better word could be used to express what we are really doing on Thanksgiving Day. We are PRAISING God. We are giving him the glory and praise for who HE is and what he has done for us personally and collectively as a nation. We are the only country that observes Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November to my knowledge. We do this because of our heritage remembering how we were born as a nation and thanking God for our forefathers who braved so much to bring us where we are today. Had it not been for the sovereign grace of God, we would not be the nation we are today. I just want to praise HIM for a number of things on Thanksgiving Day. I want to praise HIM for what HE has done. The first Chapter of Genesis tells us of what HE did in the creative act to bring our world into existence. We praise him for night and day, the changing of the seasons, food we eat, air we breathe, clothes we wear, shelter we enjoy and all other provisions. It is because of HIM we experience the order of the universe in which we live. We also praise HIM for who HE is. I quote from a writer: “We praise Him as the CREATOR who brought our world into being; as the KING, who rules over the world, as the WARRIOR who defeats the forces of chaos, as the JUDGE who enhances and sustains righteousness; and as the TRANSFORMER who is capable of creating a new reality in the world.” We praise God at this Thanksgiving Day for sending HIS only begotten son to become the sacrifice for our sins that God required for our personal forgiveness. HIS death, burial and resurrection is the gospel that we receive into our hearts in order that we can be forgiven of our sins and become a part of God’s family. Let us praise GOD today for who HE is and what HE has done for us.
