Voice of Thanksgiving

“That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.”  ~ Psalms 26:7-8

As we come to the celebration of Thanksgiving, and it is a celebration, let us be Thankful.  Often we say we are Thankful, but perhaps we don’t know the power of being Thankful.  As we look at the Scriptures we note there are various ‘happenings’ when we have a Thankful Song of Praise in our heart. Phil.4:6-7 tells us when ‘everything’ is done with Prayer and Supplication [serious Prayer] and Thanksgiving we can make our requests known to God.  When we come with requests to our heavenly Father it must be with Thanksgiving.  Sometimes it is difficult to give Thanks when we are in a desperate circumstance.  Consider Jonah, lost at sea, in the belly of a huge fish: and when he offered up to God a ‘sacrifice’ – which was with a Voice of Thanksgiving, the fish vomited him out! [Jonah 2:9-10] Not a pretty sight nor a nice thought, but the Voice of Thanksgiving, which was a Sacrifice caused his circumstance to change!  One might ask how shall I come into the presence of God. A question long asked!  Ps. 95: 1-3 has the answer.  Come singing, some with a joyful noise to the Rock of our Salvation and come before His presence with Thanksgiving! O the Voice of Thanksgiving, it can bring great change to our life! When we give Thanks, we ultimately Worship and Praise our God and in doing so we begin to: think on things of good report, things that are just, pure, lovely, things of good report – all these things are attached to a Thankful Spirit and a Voice of Thanksgiving. David sang, O let me publish with a Voice of Thanksgiving, and tell of all Thy wondrous works!  We need to be reminded that sweet and sour can not come out of the same cistern.  So let the Church have a Voice of Thanksgiving, let us enter into His gates with Thanksgiving and into His courts with Praise.  The Book of Revelation tells us: All the Angels, thousands upon thousands, the Elders, fell upon their faces and worshipped God saying, Blessing, and Glory, and Wisdom, and Thanksgiving, Honor, Power and Might be unto our God for ever and ever Amen! Loving you, Pastor