Topic: Thank God [Joyce Meyer Devotional 13 March 2021]
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I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.— Psalm 9:1 (NKJV)
Throughout the Bible we see people celebrating progress and victory in a variety of ways, one of which was to specifically take time to give an offering to God and to thank Him.
Noah had been in the ark one year and 10 days when God told him it was time to come out and start a new life. I can’t even imagine how happy he and his family were to see dry ground! The first thing Noah did was build an altar to the Lord and make sacrifices to Him. God was pleased, and He declared a blessing on Noah and his sons (see Genesis 9:1).
Abram (who was later renamed Abraham) regularly built altars to God and sacrificed, giving praise and thanks to God for his progress as he journeyed through many lands.
We would quickly add a lot of celebration to our lives if we’d take time to give thanks and maybe even a kind of offering when God does things for us. An attitude of gratitude shows a lot about the character of a person. We should never have an attitude of entitlement, but we should have one that says, ” I know I don’t deserve God’s goodness, but I’m sure grateful for it.”
Prayer Starter: Father, I never want to take Your goodness for granted, so please help me remember to intentionally celebrate all You’ve done, are doing, and will do in my life. Thank You for always being there to love, guide and protect me, no matter where I am. In Jesus’ name, amen.