Having a Right View of God This Thanksgiving by Billy Graham

 

Having a Right View of God This Thanksgiving For many people in the U.S., the fourth Thursday in November is merely “Turkey Day,” with no particular god in mind and only a vague sense that they are supposed to be thankful. Football, food and drink drown out any echo of a Creator who is worthy of their thanksgiving. “It is the natural temptation, after the Fall, to put ourselves, our own wants, desires or abilities in the place of God,” says John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Pastor John MacArthur adds: “That’s why we remind ourselves to give thanks to God—specifically, the one true God who has revealed Himself in Scripture as a God of grace and forgiveness, who so loved the world that He gave His Son as an atonement for sin, so ‘that we might die to sin and live to righteousness,’” according to 1 Peter 2:24. “He graciously compels us to thank Him, and He Himself should top the list of things we are thankful for.”

TODAY’S PRAYER Heavenly Father, help us remember that “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above” (James 1:17). We thank You and worship You with all that we are. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.