Remember this Thanksgiving Day to also offer your thanksgiving to the one who makes it all possible – Jehovah God.
He does so much for His children – beginning by packing every day with the potential for happiness:
This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Ps. 118:24 NASB
How about thanking God for giving us a manual (Bible), that helps us make the most of our entire lives?
Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night.
They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do. Ps. 1:1 – 3. NLT
Take time to reflect on just how much Jehovah cherishes you:
For the LORD your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs. Zeph. 3:17 NLT
“I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul. For thus says the LORD…I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them.” Jer. 32:41, 42. ESV
We are the recipients of His loving provisions:
LORD, you are my portion and my cup of blessing; you hold my future. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. Ps. 16:5, 6. CSB
“…ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be full and complete.” Jn. 16:24 AMP
Our Father’s greatest provision is our redemptive pathway into His arms:
You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever. Ps. 16:11 NLT
I rejoice greatly in the LORD, I exult in my God; for he clothed me with the garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness… Is. 61:10 CSB
Jehovah God loved you before you were born – before you knew who you were, before you knew who He was:
God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him. Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins…We love because he first loved us. 1 Jn. 4:9, 10 & 19. CSB
Are you starting to feel a little thankful? I hope so, because even if God is immeasurably loving, we can’t access that love unless we reciprocate it:
The LORD protects all those who love him… Ps. 145:20 NLT
Delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Ps. 37:4 NASB
When you demonstrate gratitude for your loving Father in heaven, you bring Him glory:
Indeed, everything is for your benefit so that, as grace extends through more and more people, it may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God. 2 Cor. 4:15 CSB
He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me… Ps. 50:23 AMP
Come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. Ps. 95:1, 2. NLT
How God loves it when we celebrate Him! As we do, we are thanking Him for our most precious gift – our very lives, which are an extension of His love.
Being thankful is a small price to ask for, in exchange for a full and satisfied life, with a promise of an eternal abundance in the very presence of our Maker. Moreover, that grateful attitude spills over and makes for a joyful journey in the here and now…
Happy Thanksgiving!
Goodnight and God bless.