Giving thanks
posted by Jesse on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Last night we had a special Thanksgiving service at our home church. We did not know until just a week ago that the church had been planning to donate their annual Thanksgiving offering to help with the cost of our Togo departure. We were extremely surprised but elated to see God once again using His people to help get us to Togo. We have no idea yet how much the offering is, but whether it is $100 or $100,000 we are giving God thanks and praise for His provision in our lives. And we thank God for our church being willing to help out in this way.
Our pastor asked me to give a testimony about our lives and how God has brought us to where we are right now. The main point that I tried to get across was that God’s goodness in our lives is not what makes Him worthy of praise and thanksgiving. God is worthy of glory and our adoration whether we live in poverty or riches. Many times, I have found myself being more thankful for the “stuff” than the Giver of the stuff. God has really been teaching me that I need to detatch my heart from “things” that it can be attached only and completely to Him. That’s a hard lesson for a materialistic American like myself to learn! But it is an absolutely necessary lesson in the life of every Christian. If we are to seek God, we must come to the point where we are content with Him and Him only, where He is the soul possession of our heart. God has blessed us with so many “things” to have, but He alone is to be our heart’s sole possession. The greatest way to show thanks to our Creator and Provider is to abandon our desire for things, and to seek and pursue only Him.
Category: Togo Departure, all updates, christianity
