We enter His gates with thanksgiving, making joyful shouts to our Lord. We enter God’s gates with thanksgiving because thanksgiving is the only appropriate response for what God has done for us. For God is…….
- Our creator – (Isaiah 45:12)…..“I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.”
- Our sustainer – (Isaiah 2:3)…..“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”
- Our redeemer – (Isaiah 44:6)…..“Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.”
Because God is these things, we have no right to be anything but thankful towards Him. We ought to be…..
- Thankful for our existence – (Ephesians 5:20)…..“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
- Thankful for our daily bread – (1 Timothy 4:4)…..“For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:”
- Thankful for our salvation – (Romans 6:17)…..“But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.”
How could we be anything other than thankful for what God has done?