Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a key aspect that is incomparable to anything. We all love to be appreciated for our efforts. Isn’t it? How much more God who preserves our lives all through discomforts and trials!

Thank God NO MATTER what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.

                                                               1 Thessalonians 5:18 (Message)

This is the way believers ought to live. It is not done in secret rather it is a public acknowledgement of divine goodness. It is an act of showing appreciation to God irrespective of what you are going through. I as an individual love to say THANK GOD as often as I can but an experience made me to understand that appreciating God the Father for what He does should not be taken with levity. An incident occurred a few years back while I was returning from Foursquare Camp at Ajebo in Nigeria. I was in a bus and I sat in front with the driver and another passenger.  Suddenly the front tyre burst and there were shouts of JESUS, JESUS, JESUS in the bus. To the glory of God the situation came under control and from that spot we moved a distance of about two kilometres before parking so the tyre could be repaired. A mad man appeared from nowhere and started walking towards our bus. When he got to our bus he said if we understood the gravity of what had just happened, we would be grateful and be glad.  He said a similar event had happened before and there were no survivors. What first caught my attention was that the so called mad man was not there when our tyre burst. Secondly, we were about two kilometres away from the spot where it took place yet the mad man had an insight into what had happened. To cut the story short, the mad man demanded that we (the passengers) should show our appreciation to him, when in the actual sense he did nothing to save our lives. So one of the passengers gave him N5 (Nigerian currency) and he became furious. What he said afterwards was what got me thinking. He said if he was given N500 to show appreciation for the deliverance, it was worth it. Then I thought and said to myself that if a mad man was demanding the sum of N500 for what he did not do how much more God that saved our lives from sudden death? It means God is worth more than whatsoever we have to offer. Friends, have you also learnt from this? Learn to thank God for everything. Do not be an ingrate.

The LORD bless you in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Excerpt from my new book titled The Father’s Intent