THANKS: A DELICACY Memory Verse: Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: Psalm 50:14 Read: Psalm 50:7-15 Psa 50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. Psa 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. Psa 50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. Psa 50:10 For every beast of the forest ismine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. Psa 50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. Psa 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. Psa 50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Psa 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: Psa 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Message Thanksgiving is not only a highly priced spiritual substance and a passport into Gods presence; it is also a form of meal to God. In todays reading, God clearly declared that being the Owner of the earth and everything in it, He knows exactly where every beast of the field is. In other words, God knows the location of every element that constitutes our food on earth. Some people hide their crop harvest from God as if He was not the One who gave them the harvest in the first place. Can you truly hide what you have from the One who gave it to you?The attitude of some people makes God hide His needs from them. If God has a need and He hides such a need from you, it is most unfortunate. This clearly shows that there is no intimacy in your relationship with Him. If God needs something and you are in a position to meet that need, but He bypasses you to inform someone else, it could mean that you are either unacceptable to Him, or that He has rejected you. May the Lord not reject you in Jesus name. If you are truly one of Gods own, He will not hide His needs that you are empowered to meet from you.Moreover, God asks:“Will I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?”Psalm 50:13This means that when God is hungry, it is not for the food we eat but for a special food called thanks. Hence in verse 14, the Psalmist Asaph says, Give God thanks. Giving thanks is a special type of meat that God likes. The way it is presented to Him will determine its grade: it could be ordinary, special or even a delicacy. How do you feel when you are eating your most favourite food? Serve God thanks with an attitude, fervency, genuineness and originality that will make it a delicacy to Him and see if that meal will not provoke Him to give you a blessing you cannot forget in a hurry. Action PointThank God for every member of your family. Also, thank God for what He is doing in the body of Christ worldwide.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 07:45:24 +0000
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