Do You Thank God

Do You Thank God

"Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name."
Psalm 100:4

It has been a practice of ours for several years to take my mother, who will soon be 93 years old, out to lunch on Sunday after church. I have noticed during this time in the restaurants, that very few people pray before eating their meals. My wife never lets us begin to eat until we pray, and thank God for all the blessings that He bestows on us, and to bless the food that we are about to eat. In the Old Testament there was a special offering just for thanksgiving. The New Testament also says that when we pray, we are to do so with thanksgiving. We are to thank God for our food and all the other things that He so freely gives us. In our culture we have been blessed with so much, as in the eyes of the rest of the world, we are all rich when compared to the plight of many of the third world countries. However, we take all of these blessings for granted, and seldom do we take the time to thank God for all that we have. When we look at how Jesus viewed giving Him thanks, we see that when the ten lepers were healed, only one returned to thank Him. Nine never came to thank Him, and Jesus asked WHY they never came. This implies that God wants us to have a grateful heart, and to thank Him, for all that He provides. Each morning, take just a moment and thank God for all His blessings, as this is important to Him. You probably thank someone who opens a door for you, or someone who goes out of their way to be nice, but do you forget to thank God, as He has given you everything, He even gave you His son.