Unacceptable Thanksgiving

#Thanksgiving Day 10

"Which does the LORD prefer: obedience or offerings and sacrifices? It is better to obey him than to sacrifice the best sheep to him.

- 1 Samuel 15:22

The Word THANKSGIVING is self explanatory. It simply mean to give thanks. Some people do give thanks but for a wrong thing.

You can’t steal and come back to give God the glory because it was successful. You can’t dupe your fellow humans and thank God for it.

Saul disobeyed the command of God for him to destroy the Amalekites. Instead he brought back some few things which he intend to use as thanksgiving offering to God. God rejected him right away.

A thanksgiving that comes from a disobedient heart will never be accepted.

Even though God requires that children of men give Him the sacrifices of thanksgiving and to declare his works with rejoicing, it is not all sacrifices of thanksgiving from children of men that are acceptable to God.

Thanksgiving doesn’t in any means bribe God. Thanksgiving is not a ritualistic thing you do to please God to forgive your wrongs. Nope!

For our thanksgiving to be acceptable, we must first know what brings God pleasure and then present it with the right heart and attitude.

Thanksgiving should and would never be a coverup for our wrong doings.

When God is not pleased with you, He wouldn’t accept your thanksgiving. The story of Cain and Abel illustrate that.

It’s the tenth day of our Thanks-filled month. Perhaps, there’s something that you’re not doing right, so settle with God before offering your thanksgiving.

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