Morning Devotional November 25, 2023

 

Psalm 106:1

“Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.”

Traditionally in our country the Thanksgiving Season lasts from Sunday-Sunday with Thanksgiving Day being observed on Thursday. One short week we as a nation hold as a time of giving thanks to our Creator. But for many the time of thanksgiving is short lived each year. It's concentrated around the noon time meal on Thanksgiving Day and maybe around the leftovers for supper then all focus changes to the most pagan of holy days observed by God's people.

Sometime back in the 1980s retailers in the USA began referring to the Friday after Thanksgiving Day as Black Friday. Known as the busiest shopping day of the year due to the sales put on by most major retail stores and now online outlets as a start to the christmas season. But as the popularity of this day has grown, a lot of businesses now start their Black Friday sales a few weeks or even a month before the actual day arrives and the christmas season now starts in August. Essentially shortening the Thanksgiving Day Season to one day. And for sports fans, Thanksgiving Day is shortened to just a few hours surrounding the noon meal.

We have become such a self motivated society we can not concentrate for more than a few hours on giving thanks to the one who has blessed us beyond measure. God's people have become so filled with the things of the world we will not take the opportunity to proclaim our Lord and Savior to our friends and relatives at a time when He is fresh on their minds from the day we have set aside to give Him thanks.

The Psalmist in our text verse wrote “for his mercy endureth for ever.” As God's people, we must remember if it were not for God's grace and mercy on us we would be on our way to the Lake of Fire for all eternity.

So, where are your thoughts today? Just two short days after Thanksgiving Day, have your thoughts gone from thankfulness to who's playing football this weekend or are your thoughts gone to observing a season which is filled with lies and deception about the birth of the One who we were just giving thanks to two days ago? Do you give more thanks to the things of the world or to our Lord and Savior during this time?

Hebrews 13:15 - “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.”

Praise ye the Lord!!!