What does giving thanks really mean? To a non-believer it typically means giving thanks for family, friends and the life they’ve carved out for themselves and their family. Very typical & acceptable. To the believer in God it means something else. To them every day is Thanksgiving or at least it should be, because a hefty price was paid to remove our accumulated sins. Christ is the only way to heaven in spite of what others may say. Christ is the only “religious personage” that was able to clean the stain sin had left on humanity. While we, as Christians, are thankful for our families, friends and yes, even our stuff as well, our grateful heart goes much deeper than that. When we look deep into our own heart we see a beaten Jesus being nailed to a wooden cross, killed as a common criminal. We see his blood flowing. We see the crown made from 2” long Judean thorns that had been rammed down onto his head and into his scalp and forehead. We see him die and our hearts weep for what he had willingly undertaken. For all that we are grateful … deeply grateful. An old chorus reverberates in our soul: “He paid a debt he did not owe, I owed a debt I could not pay, I needed someone to wash my sins away. And now I sing a glad new song ‘Amazing Grace’, Christ Jesus paid a debt that I could never pay.”
So on this day when we meet with family, eat too much good food and watch football on TV, let us not forget what was done for us, the ones whose faith and trust is solely in Almighty God. Without God what would we really have to live for? Christ’s substitutionary death gives us hope for an eternity with our Creator and peace in our hearts.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
RLKeller
Bread of Life Ministries
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