Memorise: Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his
courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Psalm
100:4
Read: Psalm 100: 1 – 5.
Bible in one year: Proverbs 1 – 3.
Action point: This
New Year gives you fresh twelve months to live, serve and glorify God. Thank
God for this!
Welcome
to Year 2013. How you start a year is very important both to God and
yourself. Psalm 100:4 says:
"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with
praise: be thankful unto him, and His name."
If you start with thanks, you will likely end
with praise; but if you start with ingratitude or complaints, don't be ed if
you end with regrets. One way to forestall regret is to be actively engaged in
thanksgiving.
In the Bible, we have several situations where
thanksgiving en first place and eventually it gave birth to a outcome. Why? It
is because thanksgiving is of delivering miracles to thank givers. Let us take Jesus
Christ as our example here. After feeding a crowd that d Him for three days
with the Word of life, the need > feed them physically. A!! that was
available were 3 loaves of bread and a few little fishes. This was compared to the
thousands present. They were no way close to the city where they could buy food, even they
were, it would have cost them so much. So in the tack and gross insufficiency,
the Lord gave thanks. At the end, everybody was filled and lots
of extras (Matthew 15:32-38).
Similarly, after Lazarus died and was
buried, the Lord Jesus was brought to the scene. Four days after his burial, he
was already stinking and all hope was lost. But on getting to Lazarus’ grave,
the Lord engaged in thanksgiving and thereafter, His desired miracle of life
was delivered (John 11: 38 – 44). If you can begin each day of this New Year
with robust thanksgiving. It wilt deliver to you your desired miracles. When
all efforts fail and when you have a hopeful situation, immediately
engage in thanksgiving. When facing a period of inadequacy, try giving thanks
to God. Thank God for keeping you from your birth till this day. Thank Him for
watching over you and your family. Thank Him for His miraculous interventions
in your life. In lack, thank Him for all previous provisions and thank Him for
the little you have. Take time to pray and seek His face anything but just
thanking Him. He deserves your thanks, and expects it too!
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