TOPIC : OH THAT MEN WOULD GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE TO GOD!
Scripture :Psalm 107: 8. Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Beloved, I welcome you to another Moment of Daily Encounter! We give thanks and praise to God Almighty who has made it possible for us to see the end of October! Today is the first day of November and as our custom is on Moment of Daily Encounter it is thanksgivings time.
Our anchor scripture begins with this exclamation:
*Psalm 107: 8. Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!*
It is quite unfortunate that men don’t praise God except they see their obvious expectation being fulfilled! We often forget that thanksgivings and praise to God works like magnetic force that pulls into your life your desire expectation.
Beloved, what have you been trusting God since the year began that has not happened? Is it marrital settlement, financial settlement or health wise? It could be the fruit of the womb that you are trusting God for that has not happened yet and now comes the month of November, instead of being joyful you are sad! Hmmm!. Please stop being sad! Be joyful because your God is still on the throne.
Beloved, understand that you have to be alive before you can see your desire expectation/goals comes to pass. So, the fact that you are still alive is a sign that, that your desire expectation will happens. Therefore give thanks to God in anticipation for it. Thank God none of your organs has failed yet( your liver, your kidney, your heart etc) are still functioning. Thank God you have not lost your eye sight! Thank God you have not lost your hearing capability etc.
Oh that men would give thanks and praise to God! Somebody will ask for what? Well the Bible present us two valid reasons according to our anchor scripture:
1. For His goodness(Ps.107:8): God is good to all men :
*Matthew 5: 45. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.*
Observed that both the just and the unjust (wicked) enjoy equal amount of sunlight and rain. The same is applicable to air, every body have access to the same amount of air! This is the goodness of God. If we are to pay for the oxygen of the air we breathe freely every day, we would not have been able to pay.
2. For His wonderful works (Ps.107:8): This is another reason to give thanks and praise to God. It is the wonder of God that you could sleep every day and wake up the following day. In-between your sleep many things happened yet God sustained you. There are many persons who have slept and never wake up but you are not one of them! So give thanks. For the Bible said:
*Psalm 3: 5. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.*
Other reasons why you should give thanks and praise to God are:
3. It is your responsibility for being alive to give thanks :
*Isaiah 38: 18. For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.*
Those who have gone into the grave cannot praise God, So now that you have the opportunity to praise God, do it now because the dead cannot praise Him..
4. It is commanded for us to praise and give thanks :
*Psalm 150: 6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.*
As long as you are still breathing this command is for you, to praise God continually
5. *Thanksgiving has a multiplier effect (Jn. 6:5-13):* Jesus gave thanks for five loaves of bread and two fishes and it multiply to feed five thousand! So as you give thanks for whatever is remaining in your life now, expect a multiplication! That little seeds in your hands will not die if you can thank God for it. Are you trusting God for baby, thank God because you still have a womb that can carry baby or has your womb be remove thank God you are still alive.
Beloved, I don’t know what you have lost within the year or past months? Is it your job, your business, your means of livelihood, your loved ones or a precious relationship? Whatever it is that you have lost, God is the reason why you did not lost your life, God is the reason why you did not lost every thing! So He deserves your thanks! Settle down this morning and give thanks with a heart of gratitude to God.
*How do you give thanks?*
It is with a grateful heart. Show to God you are grateful today.
*Remember this* : Heaven is real and hell is real, the choice we made now determined where we shall spend eternity. Give your heart to Jesus today!
Prayer points:
– Father thank you for your word to me today,
– Lord, I receive grace to thank you again and again for your mercy over my life so far accept my thanks in Jesus name.
Prophetic Declaration:
– I prophesy the God of Divine preservation will preserve you all through this month and the in the name of Jesus.
– Your life is excused from calamity and disaster in the name of Jesus
Assignment : Set a time apart and give thanks to God for your life today.
From your brother Alex
God bless you.
