THANKSGIVING TO GOD

[Margaret Wright]

THANKSGIVING TO GOD

THE BIBLE SAYS IN, 1 THESSALONIANS 5: 18, “ IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS: FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU.”

THIS VERSE CONFRONTED ME MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT THREATHENED TO MAKE SHIP-WRECK OF MY FAITH IN GOD. 

I WAS PRAYING ABOUT IT FOR SOMETIME AND I WAS EXAMINING MYSELF FROM TIME TO TIME TO SEE THAT THERE WAS NO BLOCK FROM MY SIDE SO GOD COULD ANSWER ME, BUT,  NO ANSWER CAME.

I  FELT HOPELESS AND FORSAKEN BY GOD FOR HE WAS NOT HEARING ME WHEN I HAD A REAL BIG PROBLEM.   IT WAS THIS SCRIPTURE “IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU” SEEMED TO CONFRONT ME.    AT THAT TIME I WAS READING THE BOOK, “PRISON TO PRAISE” BY MERLIN CAROTHERS, WHEN THIS SCRIPTURE CAME UP, AND I SAID TO THE LORD HOW CAN I GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS SITUATION.  YOU KNOW HOW HEAVY MY HEART IS AND I HAVE BEEN CALLING ON YOU BUT YOU SEEM FAR AWAY.  HOWEVER THIS SCTIPTURE KEPT CONFRONTING ME AND I COULD NOT SEEM TO GO FURTHER WITH THE BOOK.  I READ IT AGAIN, ‘IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU.”AND I SAID BUT IN THIS THING I CANNOT GIVE THANKS TO YOU. 

THEN, BY HIS SPIRIT I SAW IT – IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS -  CAN YOU SEE IT? 

THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS.  IN OTHER WORDS, I AM TELLING YOU WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO AND YOU ARE SAYING YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO IT; THAT IS NOT DOING THE WILL OF GOD.  I REALIZED GOD WAS NOT SAYING TO GIVE HIM THANKS FOR THE TRIAL OR BURDEN OR CIRCUMSTANCE I AM IN, BUT HE WANTS ME TO OBEY HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO GIVE THANKS EVEN IN THIS SITUATION, BECAUSE HE IS ABLE TO CHANGE MY SITUATION OR CIRCUMSTANCE FOR HE IS ABOVE ALL!

I PUT THE BOOK DOWN, GOT ON MY KNEES AND SAID TO THE LORD, I AM GOING TO PRAISE YOU IN OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WORD.  I WILL MAKE MY WILL OBEY YOUR WILL  

 I STARTED IN A MECHANICAL WAY TO PRAISE HIM.   I BEGAN TO SING A FEW CHORUSES THAT CAME TO MIND AND SOME HYMNS PRAISING GOD AND GIVING HIM THANKS AND SOON I WAS LOST IN WORSHIP AND ENJOYED MY FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM.  I COULD NOT GET TO THE BOOK IMMEDIATELY AFTER BUT I LOST MY BURDEN AND THE WEIGHT THAT I WAS CARRYING AND NOW HAD CONFIDENCE THAT HE IS MUCH BIGGER THAN MY PROBLEM!   MANYS OTHER SCRIPTURES CAME TO MY MIND AND I COULD SEE HOW BIG, HOW MARVELLOUS AND HOW WONDERFUL HE IS, AND I WOULD PRAISE HIM AND GIVE HIM THANKS FREELY, TRULY THANKFUL FOR WHO HE IS. 

MY ACT OF OBEDUENCE TO HIS WORD TURNED MY EYES FROM THE PROBLEM TO THE GREAT, BIG WONDERFUL GOD WHOM I LOVE AND SERVE!

IN A FEW DAYS THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED IN SUCH AN EASY WAY AND THEN I WONDERED WHY WAS I SO TROUBLED AND SCARED OF THIS SITUATION.  HALLELUJAH!  GLORY TO GOD! 

 

GOD WILL BLESS OBEDIENCE WHEN HE SPEAKS.

GOD IS STILL GOD AND HE MOVES IN MYSERIOUS WAYS HIS WONDERS TO PERFORM!!

BELOVED, JUST OBEY HIS VOICE AND GIVE HIM THANKS IN SPITE OF ALL THE ODDS STACKED UP AGAINST YOU KEEPING YOUR EYES ON HIM – THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE MIRACLE YOU ARE PRAYING FOR!! 

 

YOU ARE NOT THANKING HIM FOR THE DIFFICULT SITAUTION BUT YOU ARE GIVING THANKS BECAUSE YOUR GOD IS GREATER THAN ANY PROBLEM YOU MAY HAVE!  

GOD IS FAR ABOVE ALL AND WHEN WE SEE HIM ABOVE ALL ELSE YOU WILL PRAISE AND WORSHIP HIM!  

THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE WILL DRAW HIS PRESENCE DOWN AND MIRACLES WILL HAPPEN!

BELOVED IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW GREAT YOUR NEED IS OR HOW HARD YOUR STRUGGLE IS OR HOW IMPOSSIBLE YOUR SITUATION MAY SEEM.  LET THE SPIRIT OF GOD SHOW YOU HOW BIG IS YOUR GO.  

THANK GOD FOR LOVING US SO MUCH THAT HE SACRIFICED HIS SINLESS SON ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY TO PAY THE PENALTY FOR YOUR SIN.

THANK GOD FOR JESUS CHRIST WHO IN OBEDIENCE TO HIS FATHER WILLINGLY ENDURED THE PAIN AND SHAME ON THE CROSS SHEDDING HIS HOLY BLOOD SO WE COULD BE C.EANSED FROM SIN AND BE RECONCILED TO GOD

THANK JESUS CHRIST FOR PUTTING AWAY SIN, SICKNESS, THE CURSE AND DELIVEING US FROM THE POWER OF SATAN.

THANK GOD FOR ACCEPTIGS US, JUSTIFYING US, SANCTIFYING US AND REMOVING CONDEMNATION FROM US THROUGH CALVARY’S FINISHED WORK.

THANK GOD FOR THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO GAVE US A REVELATION OF GOD’S LOVE AND OF THE SACRIFICE OF HIS SON.

GOD IS ABOVE ALL AND IS SOVEREIGNLY IN CONTROL – NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH - JUST BELIEVE! 

THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN, THE CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF ALL HIS CREATION. 

GOD’S WILL IS BEING DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

GOD IS AT WORK IN YOU AND THROUGH YOU WHETHER YOU UNDERSTAND OR NOT -JUST TRUST HIM

GOD CAN MAKE A WAY WHERE THERE IS NO WAY.

GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE TO GOD FOR ALL BLESSINGS AND IN ALL THINGS FOR THIS IS HIS WILL IN CHRIST JESUS, CONCERNING YOU!

HAPPY  THANKSGIVING!!

Margaret Wright