Give Thanks

“It is so much more comfortable and rational To see what we have to be thankful for And to rejoice accordingly, than to Have our vision forever filled With our lacks and our needs…”(Leaves of Gold)

Did you have a good day of Thanksgiving on Thursday? I hope you did. Whether you were alone, or with lots of people, I pray that you were able to recognize God’s goodness, faithfulness and incredible provision for you and yours.

I don’t know about you, but I love to eat. One of my favorite meals throughout the years has been and still is “Thanksgiving Dinner!” I can still smell, taste, and see the miles of food prepared by all of the members of my family for us, when I was a child, to enjoy together with the Jones and the extended Jones family. As good and as satisfying as those meals were, what if I tried to live off of that one meal until next Thanksgiving? It would be impossible, although with all the food we eat it would seem like we could survive for months on end!

Today, we are gathered for our weekly “Thanksgiving meal”, our corporate worship service. We sing, praise, exalt, pray, and feed from God’s Holy Word and from the contributions to the table that each of us bring.

However, for some of us this is our only “meal” of the week. It is no wonder that as we ‘run the race’ during the week, we often get weak and cannot gain the strength to carry on. We lack spiritual nourishment.

We can view our corporate gatherings as our spiritual breakfast, a very important part of our balanced diet. Our Bible study, prayer, fellowship, music, and reading Monday through Saturday all enable us to survive, grow and thrive in this battle zone we call life. As we sit around the ‘table’ of God’s grace, love, mercy, hope, etc., today we celebrate Him and He fills us for today and spurs us on to tomorrow.

Eat up today! Take and give from the Table of God’s blessing in your life. But don’t think that the “leftovers” will last you all week.

Remember:

“Seven days without prayer makes one weak!”

Pastor MJ