"Where's Thanksgiving?"

"And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan." Luke 17:15,16

For over a month everywhere you looked was Halloween.  It was literally everywhere! November first, as soon as it was over, now Christmas is going up everywhere. I want to know... what happened to Thanksgiving? We seemed to have completely skipped it. 

Marketers have programed us to focus on holidays like Halloween and Christmas because that is the time when they can make more sales and in turn make more money. The more they "play these up" and put merchandise out there to entice us to buy, the more we will. 

While we are programmed toward these, we are being deprogrammed away from Thanksgiving-- like I said, this holiday has been skipped. It's not an oversight. It is intentional. This isn't just about holidays, it goes deeper. It is devised by the enemy of our soul. If we can neglect and move pass Thanksgiving without even giving it a thought, then it will flow into our spiritual life as well. Which is the goal of the enemy... stop us from being thankful to God. 

Sadly, many have lost a heart of thanksgiving. We pray and beg God to do things for us, but when He does, like the nine lepers, we never return to say, "Thank You". We see a lack of thankfulness in the world and in the church. We Christians, of all people, should be the most thankful. After all, our sins have been forgiven, we have been restored into fellowship with God, we have eternal life, and our names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. And all because God loved us and sent His Son Jesus to die for us. 

So, ask yourself... am I a thankful person? Do I give God thanks for answered prayers, for daily blessings, for His love for me? Or do you neglect and forget to thank Him?

Have a great day. We should be thankful to God everyday of our lives. After all, we have so much to be thankful for. 

For further reading:

1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalm 50:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Ephesians 5:20; Colossians 3:15