Thanksgiving
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Loading ...Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day - the one day each year that was originally set aside for the people in the United States to spend time with family and loved ones and to give ‘thanks’ for their blessings. However, we should be careful to give God thanks many times every day for the blessings that he has bestowed upon each of us. There are many blessings that we have received from Him which we may not ever recognize.
Psalm 66 is a thanksgiving psalm. The writer of this psalm is calling for all people to praise and honor God. We are told to praise God as individuals and as nations for all of the wonderful creation and deeds that He has done. In verse five of the New King James version we are told to “Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men”. We should come in a spirit of expectancy knowing that God will meet our need in His own super natural way. He should be our only source for all areas of our life.
Verses eight through twelve instructs the nations, especially Israel, to give thanks to God for what He has done for their country. The author points out that a nation is being proved when they are experiencing hardships but that God is with them and brings them out of the “… fire and through the water” to rich abundance. The last eight verses of this psalm is a testimony from the writer that he will personally praise and honor God as he has admonished us as individuals and nations to do.
Would it not be a good idea, if we do not already do so, to become more sensitive to the touch of God’s hand upon our daily life? We should count our blessings and begin praising and honoring God for the concern and interest He takes in our personal walk. May each day be a day of thanksgiving for us!!
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