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Psalm 30:11-12
You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed
my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my
heart may sing to you and not be silent. O LORD
my God, I will give you thanks forever.
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November
5 Thanks Forever
God helps us overcome adversity and is with
us in the toughest times of our life. God
is the only one who is able to turn mourning
into praise. This is a great reason to
thank the Lord.
As is also pointed out in this Psalm,
thanking God is not just an activity for here on
earth. It will continue on forever in
heaven as well. This isn't just hyperbole,
as in Revelation we see that we will worship
around the throne of God.
Some may think that this will be boring
because they find their current church
unexciting
but it will be far from boring. Being in the
presence of God will be enough to make worship
exciting. Likewise we will be in the
presence of millions of other believers as we
are united in worship. Nothing we do in
heaven will be half hearted or lukewarm, it will
be a tremendous experience of thanking and
praising God.
We have much to thank God for here on earth
but we have a very limited perspective
currently. When we reach heaven we will
have a much better grasp of what God has done
for us and there will be many more things to
thank Him for that we never even realized while
here on earth.
We ought to learn to enjoy thanksgiving here
on earth because we have all of eternity to
continue doing it in heaven. |
