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Honey From The Rock
Psalm 81:16

"Sweet Stuff From God's Word"

A daily Bible study with Victor Knowles
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THE THANKLESS

This entry was posted on 11-24-2009 and is filed under THANKFULNESS.

"For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened" (Rom. 1:21 NIV).

Although this passage was written concerning 1st century Rome it certainly fits many in 21st century America. Intuitively, many know God. At least they know that something greater than themselves was the cause for what is all around us. But they suppress this truth. The apostle Paul writes that wicked men "suppress the truth...since what may be know about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse" (Rom. 1:18-20).

But modern man is also "without excuse" when they refuse to give thanks to God. Although they know that God must exist, they stubbornly refuse to give thanks to Him as Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. The Danes have a proverb: "A thankless man never does a thankful deed." The least thankful deed a person can do is thank the God of heaven for life. But they cannot even do that. To admit that God created all things - including a wonderful plan of salvation for man - is to admit that they must own up to many things, things like their sinful thoughts, words and deeds. And so even during Thanksgiving week many do not bow their heads to thank God for anything because to do so means they must be held accountable to Him. Even some history books have deleted God from the scene saying that the pilgrims gave thanks to the Indians, not God, for helping them survive the first winter.

Prayer:
Without the sunshine and the rain
We could not have the golden grain;
Without Thy love we'd not be fed;
We thank Thee for our daily bread.