1Thessalonians 5:18 KJV
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you”.
The Christian faith is like no other you have ever known. The believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is not an ordinary person and as such they do not act normal. Our response to situations and circumstances are not as that of the average human being. We act like God, we are in the class of the Almighty God; we are not of this world at all. So, when people expect us to cry and wail, we rather thank God with smiles and joy. What is responsible for this kind of strange behavior?
Christians thank God for everything not because we like some of the negative things we go through, but because the word of God is far more real than our situations. The promises of God are more powerful than the attacks of the enemy in our lives. We have esteemed the word of God to be far more potent than anything that the enemy might throw at us. When we praise God, we do so because of the word or promise of God we remember at the time. Sometimes when we don’t remember anything, we still praise Him anyway. Because we know that there is a counter word against our situation, even if we have not yet found it.
Here are some of the reasons we praise God no matter what. He said:
- “All things work together for our good...” Romans 8:28
- “I know the thoughts I have for you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end” Jeremiah 29:11
- “God is not unrighteous to forget your Labour of love” Hebrews 6:10
- “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us” Romans 8:37
- “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good”? Numbers 23:19
- “Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought”! Numbers 23:23.
If these scriptures don’t provoke thanksgiving then I don’t know what will. Rejoice right now, because your God never lies; no matter how long it takes He will come through for you.
Action Points
i. Thank the Lord for this revelation.
ii. Repent right now of all forms of doubt you showed towards God.
iii. Make a search of more scriptures that prove the Almightiness of God. Meditate on them and break out into thanks and praise right now.
Prayer
-Do not pray or ask for anything today.
-Write all your challenges on one side of a sheet of paper, and then reply them with one of the scriptures above or with what you have found out.
-Congrats. It is over.
Nugget
Christians thank God for everything not because we like some of the negative things we go through, but because the word of God is far more real than our situations.
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