Leviticus 22:29-30. “And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will. On the same day it shall be eaten up: ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the Lord.”
SACRIFICE OF THANKSGIVING. Offer thanksgiving: there are so many reasons to draw from deep within A sacrifice of praise, thanksgiving and honor to give to Him; Him, who at infinite cost to Himself paid, the price of sin. Now heaven’s door is open to us, we are invited to go in.
Offer thanksgiving: grace unmerited, unlimited, full and free; That grace has been offered and given unreservedly to me. Such grace as that led Christ our sacrifice, to the tree; That not only saved and kept, but sons forever we will be.
Offer thanksgiving: it becomes a sacrifice when from me there is a cost paid; When it may not seem natural because there is an obligation laid; When the cup of blessing is full and I come to offer with hands out-spread; When after offering to Him, I taste the further fullness of my risen Head.
Offer thanksgiving: today is the day to give and receive and enjoy communion sweet. Today, not tomorrow, is the time when from all I give to Him, I also eat. Today in fellowship with my Lord and Savior, and my King I greet Him at the altar of His choosing; and there in joy and gladness, we meet.
Offer thanksgiving: give it of full measure from the heart, hold nothing back. Give in humility, but looking back with joy at each and every act He has performed in bringing me to this place, not of wishing but of fact. I am the Lord’s; I give Him all the thanks and glory as a sacrifice.
Offer thanksgiving: I have tasted and seen that in every way the Lord is good.
I have not followed Him daily, nor done all that I know I could. I have learned to love Him, learn from Him, feeding at His Word. Now to offer sacrifices of thanksgiving is only responding as I should.
Offer thanksgiving: each day is a new day of blessings received and enjoyed. Each day is unique as all His benefits and acts of grace are outpoured. Each day a sacrifice of thanksgiving is worthy to give – unimplored. So now from my heart and soul comes thanks and honor to my Lord.
“O Father, my Father: please accept my thanks – my grateful thanks- from my heart, for the abundance of all Thy grace has provided. But more than that, I offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving for being my Father and for not being impatient with all my shortcomings. I want to be like my Father in every way possible – and yet I am limited by my humanity and the gravity of this world. This offering is for today – I offer and partake of it now and will offer again tomorrow. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”