Thanksgiving

It’s Thansgiving week. Every week is a Thanksgiving week for believing Christians. 

Psalms 100:4-5   ⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; Give thanks to him and praise his name. ⁵ For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

It’s been said, “Count your blessings and not your bruises.” We all have some of both.   Isaiah 53:5 says through prophecy that Jesus was bruised (wounded) for our transgression.”  Not even God’s own Son got through life without being bruised and feeling hurt.  

Daily we all need to take inventory of our blessings, look up and praise the Lord for His magnificent mercy, His abundant grace, His many answers, His sufficient provisions, Our many freedoms, and loudly rejoice! 

Matthew 26:53 ]Jesus told his disciples right after Peter had cut off an ear of a man coming to arrest him,  

“He could call 12 legions of angels to stop his coming arrest and bruises. That’s 72,000 angels!  Right after this encounter all of Jesus’ followers fled away from Him. Yet Jesus walked up calvary’s hill and gladly laid down his life for at least two reasons  

1)’‘To please His Farher’s will. 

2) Because He,like His Father, loved  people (the world) John 3:16

Luke 23:34  Jesus looked at those who were killing  him and said, “Father, forgive them for theyknow not what they are doing.” At that very moment Jesus saw you and me and our despite need of His atoning sacrifice 

Jesus could have walked up to the cross, looked at it, and said, “I’m not doing this “cross thing” for sinner. I’m out of here!” 

Remember in his own hometown of Nazareth, Jesus disappeared from their midst.  What kept Jesus from disappearing from their midst on Golgotha’s hill?    Long answer is Heb 5:6-8. His obedient reverent submission to do His Father’s will   Christians are thankful Jesus didn’t quit on us!

Let’s pray.  Father, there are many unexplainable moments in life. One being why you would sacrifice your only son for lost sinners. We are thankful we are on the receiving end of your magnificent Mercy, generous Grace, and compelling Compassion. Thank you for sending your Son to earth to be our perfect substitute offering. We praise You! In your Jesu’s holy name. Amen. 

Don G.Hunt II