Thanksgiving Everyday

“Thanksgiving" everyday? Who could stand it, with all that dressing and dessert, potatoes and pies? No, I am not talking about that "Thanksgiving". Of course, when Abraham Lincoln declared that an annual day be set aside the fourth Thursday in every November, he had more in mind than overindulging in our favorite foods. The day was to be "a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens."(Lincoln). One wonders how many of our countrymen think more of God on that day than food and football.
But long before there was a "Thanksgiving Day," David proclaimed, "Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! " 1 Chron 16:8 (NKJV). Yes, it is God's deeds that should make us thankful people, every day. They do not just come upon us once a year, or occasionally. Psalms 68:19 says, "Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation." (Psalms 68:19). It would be more than difficult; yes, impossible, to keep up with all of the marvelous blessings that God gives us on a daily basis. We keep on taking and using what he gives us- material and spiritual blessings in abundance, and he keeps on refilling our plate each day. His supply is endless. He never says, "You are taking too much." He does not offer complaints that we are doing too little. Of course, we could never do enough to deserve all of His benefits. Consider, Luke 17:10, "So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do." It is his mercy that is everlasting. Psalm 103:17 says, "But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children." As David said, he is the "God of our salvation." None would be saved but for his grace. We have him to thank for every blessing.

Have you benefited from God's blessings? Surely! Do you continually thank Him for his blessings?

It is sad to know that many today are like those described in Romans 1:21,
"Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,
neither were thankful..." Instead, let us follow Paul's admonition,
"Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ." (Eph. 5:20)