Thursday, March 27, 2014
Awakening The Thankfulness
Have you ever been through a period of time where things seemed pretty rough and you drew closer to God? I think most of us have. Sooner or later, life gets better and at first we are very thankful and grateful to God. Sometimes though I know it has been true for me that if that period of good times seem to continue, I can find myself forgetting to be thankful, or at least as so readily thankful. In speaking with other believers there are a number of them hat have said t me that they have had that same experience. It makes me a little sad when I think that I could forget to say thanks to God sometime. That is one of the reasons I started writing everyday. David spoke of this often.
Psalms 63:1O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
In the desert David found time early in the morning to praise and thank God for all He had been. Those that experienced the scriptures first hand that we read seemed to have found a way to awaken the thankfulness within themselves. David was not alone.
Isaiah 26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isaiah had this same experience it would seem. He sought God day and night, knowing God was on his side. These are just a few examples of how those that wrote what they experienced back then knew to be thankful.
Today, if we want to be like them, in good times and bad, we can. If we make the time we set aside day and night with God as valuable, it won’t get away from us. We too can awaken that thankfulness within us.
Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You. We want to thank You for giving to us the chance to walk with You in Your ways. We want to thank You for all You sent before us that walked in Your ways as an example to us. Please forgive our missteps. Please help us find Your way. Please send today Your healing, Your deliverance, and Your provision. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.