Thanks Be To Our God

Thanks Be To Our God.

As I was preparing for the Thanksgiving season and planning a couple of worship services, God brought a song to me that really made me stop and reflect on the heart of God and helped me focus my attention on true thanksgiving.  Read these words from this song by Travis Cottrell...

For the road that leads from darkness into light,
For the hope that rescues us from endless night,
For the grace covers sin, at the the door where life begins,
For salvation reaching in to guide us through,
Thanks be to our God.

For the healing that no mortal can explain,
For deliverance that breaks the sinner's chains,
For the strength to carry on, and forgiveness great and strong,
And the promise of Your mercies ever new,
Thanks be to our God.

Hallelujah! Everlasting songs will rise
For all You've done.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Thanks be to our God!

For the emptiness that cries out to be filled,
For the promise that Your word is deeper still,
For the longing and the need, to have more of You in me,
Because nothing satisfies the way You do,
Thanks be to our God!

For the mysteries beyond the veil of death,
For the peace that opens with our closing breath,
When our struggles pass away, and we finally see Your face,
And a greater glory rises into You.
Thanks be to our God!

For all God presents to us in our life - the good, bad, great, ugly, joy, heartache...Thanks Be To Our God.  Why can we say this?  How can we praise God in all circumstances?  Because we understand God Loves Us!  He has a perfect plan for us that is filled with gratefulness and love.  On this Thanksgiving, might our hearts turn to God with a heart of true gratefulness and we can respond and say, "Thanks Be To Our God".

1 Corinthians 15:56-58  "The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."