Daily Devotional – 1/24/13 “Thanking You in advance!”

So many times we wait for good things to happen to us before we take the opportunity to thank God but on today, I am stopping long enough to thank God, right now, for the things He’s yet to do for me. Yea, I’m choosing this very moment to praise Him in advance for the things I’ve yet to see and receive. Why would I do this? Well, firstly because Ephesians 5:20 says, “And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,” then 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, “Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus,” and then Colossians 3:17 says, “And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.” Secondly, because even when I was a mess, God favored me; when I thought I was nothing, God made me into somebody; when I was in the midst of my sins, God saved me; when I thought I couldn’t go on; God pushed me harder; when I thought my storm would claim my life, God covered me; when I thought I drown in my sorrows, God pulled me out and cleaned me up; when I thought my grief would consume me; God comforted me and when I thought my nights of pacing would tear me down; God stepped in and gave me rest. Even when I am at my lowest point, God blesses me! When I can’t see my way, God blesses me! When the darkness seems to be getting darker, God blesses me! When it seems like friends are becoming enemies and family is turning into haters, God blesses me! So, you see; if God could bless me through all of this, I can only imagine the greater things He has in store for me in the future, if I just hold on; so I rejoice for them now. If God can take me when I was tore up from the floor up, raggedy, not fitting to live yet not ready to die, snatch me from the pits of hell to clean me up, give me a new heart and spirit, make my hands and feet look new, a new set of eyes and ears, a new mouth, a brand new body that doesn’t show the scars on my legs from being dragged to hell and back, scars on my back from being used by folks who said they would love me, stepped on by folks who said they’d help me and abused by folk who said they had my best interest at heart; surely He has something greater for me. After all, He did choose me for a purpose! Now, if this isn’t for you, then move out my way while I thank Him now for the promotion I’ve yet to receive, the healing that’s on the way, the deliverance that’s right around the corner, the light at the end of my tunnel, the silver lining in my dark clouds, the debt free status I’ll soon claim, for making my enemies my foot stool, for my books to be in bookstores and churches across many states (I’m claiming this thang!), for the increasing of my gifts that will enlarge my territory, for the healing of my family and friends, for the doors that He is about to open in their lives and for the things I’ve yet to even think of! Yea, I’m even thanking God in advance for the things He has yet to do for you. For the healing of your sickness or disease, your new career, your new home, your new car, your spouse, your deliverance, your debt free status, your new heart, your joy that’s on the way back, for your hope bucket that’s about to be filled, for your tears that’s about to stop, for your spirit that’s about to be renewed, for your regulated mind and for your peace. I’m thanking him for making your business successful, for enlarging your territory, for increasing your gift and for the anointing He is about to place over your life! Oh, I’d better leave this thang alone! Yet, I thank you God right now! I praise you God right now because you are worthy!