Thursday, October 16, 2014
How Do We Say Thanks?
Our God has given us a precious gift. He promised to make a new covenant with those that believe. When Jesus died on the cross, that new covenant was sealed in blood, and it is forever ours.
Hebrews 10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Paul was speaking of what was prophesied by the prophet Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Paul spoke of this in his letter to the Hebrews. He said that there was evidence that the Gentiles also could have the new covenant.
Romans 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
So God has given this gift of a new covenant and life everlasting to all men through the work on the cross of His Son Jesus. We can see hear how we can say thanks to God. We live out what is written in our hearts and minds, now renewed.
Today, let us give thanks to God in word and deed.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are worthy of our praise. We need Your kingdom here with us and we want to live as citizens of that kingdom. Give us Your overwhelming abundant provision today Father. Forgive us when we go against what you have written in our hearts and minds. Help us to follow You. Thank You for this amazing gift. Help us to use this gift to guide our lives in words and actions. We need Your Spirit in us to walk in Your ways. Guide and keep us in Your will. Heal us and deliver us. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.