Have you ever wanted to honor God? I mean really honor Him in a way that makes Him glad?
I have, but I feel that my gifts and offerings always come short, because His gift to me, which is Jesus, is so very much bigger than what I can give back to Him.
However, today I came across this Scripture from Psalm 50:23:
"He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God."
There is a way I can honor God, a way to give Him something that really delights the Lord, and that is to offer thank offerings to Him.
What is a thank offering? We know what it is to say "thanks" or "thank you". We do it in response to something we have received. You give me a gift, and I say "thank you".
However, a thank offering is something different. The thanking is the same, but if it involves an offer, it is something that costs me something.
May be you don't seem to have anything to be thankful for? Your life's a mess and it appears that you have no more options left to live a happy life.
I have good news for you! There's always something to be thankful for. I didn't say "happy for", I said thankful for. As long as there's breath in you, you have at least one reason to be thankful. As long as there's breath in you, you live. And as long as you live, you have an opportunity to reconcile with God, get your life on track and start all over again.
Thank Him today for your life, even if you don't feel like it. If you thank Him in spite of your feelings, it's a thank offer, and God is honored.
Don't quit, but thank Him, thank Him, thank Him, till you feel thankful. Then He'll show you more things to be thankful for, and you have started on the right path to a life in thankfulness and every good thing the Father has to offer you.
Start today!
