Thanksgiving reflects the depth of your feeling. David remembered where God found him and where grace set him, and he “sat before the LORD” to pour out words that could carry such weight (2 Sam. 7:18–29). He was not casual; he was captured by mercy. The stronger your grasp of what God has done, the greater the act that follows. I want you to feel the impact of grace — see the journey from insignificance to covenant, from rejection to enthronement — and then respond proportionately. Never call grace a right. For every lift you did not earn, return with thoughtful, measured, and timely thanksgiving.
Posture matters because God reads the heart before He weighs the gift. Cain’s offering was refused because his heart was wrong (Gen. 4:3–7). A proud soul can kneel and still not worship; a broken heart can whisper, and Heaven will stand at attention. Correct posture is humility — before God first, then before men. Sometimes it is kneeling, sometimes lifting hands, sometimes dancing like David, sometimes silence with tears, sometimes generous giving to honour the weight of mercy. Whatever the form, let the heart be right: thankful, reverent, and aware that without the Lord you can do nothing.
Do not posture arrogantly in God’s presence and expect your thanksgiving to touch Him.
Practically, prepare your heart before you present your thanks. Repent of entitlement; ask the Spirit to align motive, words, and actions. Choose an expression that matches the moment — a testimony, a memorial seed, a visit to honour someone God used, or a private hour on your face before the Lord. Guard against performance: thanksgiving is “before the LORD,” not before the gallery. Teach your household the same — feel the mercy, posture rightly, and respond promptly. When feeling and posture agree with truth, thanksgiving becomes acceptable, powerful, and transformative in the sight of God.
THOUGHT TO PONDER: What recent mercy have I felt lightly that deserves a weightier response? How will I align my heart and posture, so my thanksgiving is humble, sincere, and proportionate to what God has done?
Father, cure me of entitlement. Give me a sincere heart and a right posture so my thanksgiving is acceptable to You and honouring to men You used, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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