Being Thankful

We have just celebrated another American Thanksgiving.  It is the only "holiday" we have that still has God at the center of our response.  Even this day is beginning to be called "turkey day" for it becomes more obvious that the focus is not on the Eternal God but on imaginations of man.  But while we are in this world, we are not of this world.  It is good to take time to give thanks.

We see the response of giving thanks is one of two covenant responses that Jesus expected in the following scripture.  One was the obedience to the written response for leprosy of showing oneself to the priests, the disease that afflicted the ten men who met Jesus.  Luke 17:12-19 ¹² As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him; ¹³ and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” ¹⁴ When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were going, they were cleansed. ¹⁵ Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice, ¹⁶ and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ Then Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they? ¹⁸ Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?” ¹⁹ And He said to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has made you well.”

Make every day a Thanksgiving Day.  Let praise and thankfulness be continually in your heart and your voice and face will echo it.