Heart of Thanksgiving

Monday, November 29, 2010 Devotional

During this Thanksgiving time we can be thankful for so many things. The greatest of these things is the Lord for sending His only begotten son, Jesus. To really appreciate who Jesus is and why the Lord sent Him will change anyone's life. As a child being brought up Catholic there was always the understanding that Jesus was to be reverenced, but after studying the scriptures and really coming to the understanding of what He did and why He died for us has forever changed my life.

The understanding that I learned from scripture that we are not brought into this world being these good wonderful people, but are born with a sin nature is evident in having to teach a child how to be good. We are born naturally selfish and wanting things our way, on our time, and right now. The Lord knew that on our own we could never be the holy people He intended us to be. Due to the fall in the garden with Adam and Eve with their sin, we inherited that sin nature.

It is so simple and powerful but yet can be so easily missed. Where there used be animal sacrifices to take away sin, the Lord sent Jesus to take away our sins once and for all. Accepting and believing in Jesus and what He did on the cross for us brings us the eternal life, peace with Him, direction and power to live a life worthy of the King, our King, King Jesus and finds pleasure with our Lord.

The greatest gift that we can give back, I believe, is a heart of Thanksgiving and praise. The Lord inhabits the praises of His people. He delights in us loving Him. To love Him is to serve Him. Out of the love we have for Him and the grateful heart that we have for Him sending us Jesus to be our guide, our comfort, our salvation our power, our contentment our all in all empowers us to give back that love to all of the people that the Lord brings our way. We then can be that shining light, that love, that encouragement to those the Lord leads our way.

Let your light so shine that it gives glory to our Lord and brings peace and love to all those we encounter. How blessed is the name of the Lord. And as we enter into this Christmas season, let us remember that it is CHRIST in Christmas who we serve and who we are to be grateful for.
Grateful to be called, "A child of the King, King Jesus."

Gratefully His,

KC