“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Ephesians 5:20)
Yesterday was Thanksgiving, a day set aside annually in which we are encouraged to express our thanks to God for His bountiful goodness to us. Today, the day after the designated day is also a good day to give thanks. In fact, there is not a day when we should not be thankful, be it the day before, the day of or the day after Thanksgiving.
Two verses before our text we are told to be filled with the Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 5:18) Verse nineteen strongly indicates that as a result of that filling we are to sing songs of joy. Our text says a Spirit filled person is not only a singing person, but he is also a thankful person. We have no less reason to be thankful today than we had yesterday.
A Spirit filled person will find many reasons to give thanks to God every day. Thank Him for the Cross, for the blood of Christ, for the empty tomb, and His daily intercession for us. Thank Him for heaven, the forever home of the redeemed.
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