Good morning,
When God blesses, what should our response be? We should immediately thank Him. This week we will look at 5 people in the Bible that did just that.
They exulted, praised, thanked, and honored God.
Le Ann Trees wrote this and I added the complete Bible passages and challenges.
If God has blessed you, thank Him.
8. JESUS
Jesus gave thanks to God before distributing the bread and fish to five thousand people who came to hear him teach (John 6:3-14).
“And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.”
Jesus also gave thanks on the following occasions.
Before feeding the 4000 (Mt 15:36)(Mk 8:6).
Before raising Lazarus from the dead (Jn 11:41).
Before sharing wine at the Passover meal (Lk 22:17-18).
Before breaking bread (Lk 22:19), and sharing wine (Mt 26:27)(Mk 14:23) at The Last Supper.
So, if Jesus thanks God, who is our example, shouldn’t we?
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskseniors.com
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