Give Thanks In All Things

7/01/07

I Thessalonians 5:18

In every thing give thanks: for this is

the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

KJAV

Why? Because He tells us to . . .Not good enough? Why thank Him when something bad happens? Because He tells us to . . He says everything, good and bad. We can all think of sad or bad things in our life. But what about when you wake up this morning to a beautifully sunny day? The trees are now fully in bloom. The birds sing. The squirrels jump from tree to ground, run and up a tree again. It's easy then. The hard, sad or bad times? Well, believe it or not, once we thank Him for it . . . peace begins.

The next time any of us had something bad, sad or hard happen, it helps to remember what Jesus did to get to the point of dying on the cross and shedding His blood for our sins.

• born of a virgin
• born in the line of Adam
• gathered His disciples
• taught them
• taught 1,000's of people at a time
• healed people
• betrayed for money
• arrested, beaten, tortured
• falsely charged
• presented in public covered in blood, barely clothed and mocked
• watched as the crowd demanded His crucifixtion while demanding a murderer be set free
  

Our Lord Jesus humbled himself and came to earth for every one of us.

• Jesus had to carry the cross what He died upon.
• His body so beaten and weak
• He fell to His knees under the weight
• A man named Simon, a Cyrene, was chosen to carry the cross to Golgotha
• His robe removed, feet and hands nailed to the wooden cross.
  

The cruelty continued.

• His cross was lowered into place, making it difficult to breath.
• With His hands nailed, if He wanted to breathe, He had to push up His body with pained arms and feet.
• He was naked, His garment having been torn off.
• He was mocked.
• He spoke to His Holy Father and asked His forgiveness for these people because they did not understand.
• Soldier's gambled at His feet for parts of his torn off garmet;
• He took time to make sure Mary, His Mother, would be taken care of . . John was given the responsibility.
• Religious men mocked Him.
• At the height of His pain, felt in His human body, He called out to our Lord God.
• He was athirst and they gave Him vinegar put on hyssop, a woody plant, to drink.
• Knowing His ministry on Earth was over, in submission He gave up the ghost and died.
• And His torture didn't end then, at least not to His body.
• To prove scripture, when the you died, the soldiers did not break your legs. (Psalm 34:20) But they put a spear in His side with blood and water coming out.

And why?

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

I truly can't speak for you, but these are but just some of the reasons I believe we should thank Him for everything.

Matthew 27:1-56, Luke 23:18-27, John 19:12-30, Psalm 34:20 KJAV

Matthew 27:1-56
Luke 23:18-27
John 19:12-30
Psalm 34:20