The mood of Thanksgiving is in the air. The stores are filling up with turkeys and pies. Travel arrangements concluded, bags packed, all that is left is to hit the road, or hop on the plane as the case may be, in joyful anticipation of spending time with the people that mean the most to us in the world; family!
As we echo the need to be thankful this season, my heart ponders on one question: Who is the object of our thanks? So many approach Thanksgiving as an abstract concept. However, the very thought of Thanksgiving should make us consider that there is someone or something deserving of our thanks. The question then becomes “Who is your source?” “Who sustains you?” “Who gives you the strength to make wealth?” From where does your wisdom come? When you close your eyes to sleep, who wakes you up again on this side of eternity? When you were sick, who healed you? When men failed you, who stood by you? Who is the one that covered your shame, and made you fig clothes to hide your nakedness, even though you sinned and broke His commandments? Who maintains a relationship with you at His own expense, haven made arrangements to have you with Him forever and ever?
The list is endless! It is the Lord who preserves us! Because of His mercies, we are not consumed! The Psalmist said, “I will look up to the hills from whence cometh my help, my help comes from The Lord, the maker of the heavens and the earth” We call Him "Father" Guess what that means; Source and sustainer! God is the source of all things created, and the Bible says He holds all things together by the word of His power (Hebrews 1:3). On a personal note, God is the source of my life, and He is the one who preserves and sustains me. I am what I am by the grace of God, and apart from Him I can do nothing! Surely He is deserving of my thanks.
This Thanksgiving, as you offer up thanks, let your thanks go first to The Lord, and then appreciate the ones who agreed to be used by Him to be a blessing to you.
