Thursday, 24 November 2011

A Thanksgiving thought




I, even I, am the LORD,  and besides Me there is no saviour. – Isaiah 43v11

Today is Thanksgiving in America. As expats it is the one American holiday that we still celebrate. Today will be full of friends, family, feasting, and fun. Of all the things to be grateful for the one that should be the most important is that we are thankful for our Saviour, the One who gave His life for us and provided the only way of salvation.

The only way of salvation; that is worth pausing to consider. From the very start there has only been one way of salvation. Even here in Isaiah we read these words – ‘I, even I, and the Lord, and beside Me there is no saviour.’ Jesus repeated these same words on earth when He said, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except by Me.’

So, on this Thanksgiving Day, American or not, if you are believer pause to give thanks that you have the way, the truth, and the life.

And maybe try to remember that the best way to show thanks is by sharing Him with others.  

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