A Week Full of Thanksgiving预览

Day Six

From the heart of Messianic Psalm 22, we learn one of the most essential aspects of thanksgiving and worship. When we rightfully declare God’s Kingdom rule in every area of our lives, His Kingdom power and presence are made known.

One of God’s magnificent, beyond-comprehension attributes is His omnipresence: the ability to be everywhere at once. He is always with us. He is always everywhere. No place of His creation is exempt from His presence, not even hell itself (Psalm 139:8).

And yet, we find throughout the Bible that men and women encountered His manifest presence. We know this in our personal experience as well. These are times when we encounter His reality through the work of the Holy Spirit in our spirit. We sense and feel His presence in our emotions, thoughts, and physical being. His experienced nearness anchored in the rock of His unchanging Word provide Book-of-Acts living in our here and now lives.

The Lord Jesus wants to reveal Himself to us through the power of the Holy Spirit within us (John 16:14). Psalm 22:3 teaches us that as we declare His Lordship, we create a place – a throne – for His felt and experienced presence and rule in our lives. As our praises enthrone Him – literally make a seat for Him – we experience His very felt presence far surpassing mere head knowledge. And wherever King Jesus is, just as we read in the Gospels, there is salvation, healing, and deliverance.

Does your home or workplace need to experience heaven’s rule today? Could your body use His healing touch? Do you need some divine intervention or direction? Begin to praise. Speak forth your gratefulness. Declare His Lordship in the rooms of your home, work, body, or soul (your heart and mind), and watch what happens when Lord Jesus takes His rightful throne.

Take a moment to quiet your heart before the Lord and offer Him words of thankfulness for who He is.