Giving Thanks

For a Love That Reached Down to a Lost and Dying World

“This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes” (Psalm 118:23).

Our Salvation is all of the Lord. Our part is to come by faith and believe in what the Lord has already provided. Our Father, out of His great love for us, sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to rescue us from the sure destruction that would come upon us if left to our own ways. We were dead spiritually and could not climb out of the fallen condition we found ourselves in.

The Lord not only paid the price for our sins, but He draws us to Himself by His Holy Spirit. Left on our own we would not come to the Lord. We are in a fallen condition and unable to come His way on our own. Jesus said, “You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you.” The Lord finds us; not the other way around. He finds us by the convicting and drawing power of the Holy Spirit. We have a free will and can turn away from the Lord’s drawing, but Jesus’ point was that the call of God on an individual is initiated by the Lord.

Many say that they came to the Lord, or they found or accepted the Lord, which is true in part, but the Lord is the One Who showed them the way to come to Him in repentance and faith. When we do come into the Salvation He so graciously provides, 1 Corinthians tells us all the changes that take place when we are born again or born of the spiritual: “But you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the Name of Jesus.” Incredibly, we are washed by the Blood of Jesus cleansing us from our sins. We are sanctified which refers to our being set apart for the Lord. We are justified which means we are declared not guilty of sin. And having been born again, washed, sanctified, and justified; the Lord is not through blessing us.

O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him” (Psalm 34:8).

We are so blessed to know the Lord. We are children of God and joint heirs with Christ. The Apostle Paul explains this in his Epistle to the Romans. He says “The Spirit itself (Himself) bears witness with our spirit that we are the Children of God, and joint heirs with Christ..” The Apostle John explains it further when he writes, ” Beloved, what manner of love the Father has for us that we shall be called the sons of God….. Beloved now we are the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”

We have much to give thanks to the Lord for. He has done it all and it is “marvelous in our eyes.” We know that the Earth is not our home, we are just passing through. We await our home in Heaven where we will see the One Who died for us so that we might live in eternity with Him with all the glorious blessings the Lord has prepared for us.

Yes, we have much to be thankful for. The Lord’s love for us is like a brightly shining beacon showing us the way into His very presence. How can we not hearken to the call of the Lord and fall on our knees in thanksgiving to our great God? He is calling out today in His great love for all those who are so in need of His Salvation.

Those of us who know the Lord are blessed beyond all that we could ever imagine. Our future is bright as the Lord has great blessings in store for those who love Him and have come His Way. The following words from the song* express every child of God’s desire to see Jesus which is the greatest blessing awaiting us: “What a day that will be when my Jesus I will see. When I look upon His face the One Who saved me by His Grace.” As we walk out our lives, the Holy Spirit will lead us and bring us to an eternity in the Presence of the One who loves us with an everlasting love.

“Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His Name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations” (Psalm 100:4,5).

*What a Day That Will Be – Composed by Jim Hill

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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