Okay, I’m a bad blogger. I haven’t shared in a few weeks – sorry. Life has been interesting the last couple of weeks and especially the last couple of days. I have been reminded yet once again, that I have so much to be thankful for – life, family, job/ministry/calling, friends, marriage, dreams, and a future and that being the blessed hope I have in Christ. But as I spent time this morning meditating on these things I was reminded of Leviticus 7:12 and the fact that the Lord our God expects a sacrifice of thanksgiving from His people.
Have you ever really thought about that? It is not unusual for us to thank God for His blessings, but have you offered Him a sacrifice of thanksgiving. In the OT it takes a physical form in cakes, oil, wafers, and unleavened bread. The people were expected to give something to God; they were expected to give something away. And as the word states, it was to be a sacrifice; that is, it was supposed to be something of value given up with no expectation of a return. This Thursday, as we gather around tables to spend time with family and stuff ourselves with turkey and dressing, take a few moments to offer up a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord your God. Better yet, take time over this holiday weekend to offer-up a real sacrifice. What will you give? Will you give of yourself, your time, your resources? Will you give out of your plenty or out of your poverty? Will you give with a truly repentant heart that is broken for your fellow-man and that is truly focused upon the great gift that God granted us in His mercy and grace – the greatest sacrifice of all – Jesus, called the Christ, the one and only begotten of the Father? I am looking forward to offering a sacrifice of thanksgiving this year, for the LORD is worthy of praise. Amen!
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