On this holiday (holy day) of Thanksgiving, we are brought to mind to give thanks for all those things God gives to us; our health, prosperity and all good things. It is interesting to read in the life of Jesus when the great Galilean Master is about to raise his dear friend Lazarus from the dead:
John 11: 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
Jesus thanked God before the fact, because he intuitively knew what God was going to do. There is a great principle being demonstrated in his thanksgiving, which puts the individual into right relationship with his Creator. It is one thing to give thanks for what has been given, but to give thanks for that which is to come opens the floodgates for grace to flow to you.
When you have challenges of health, prosperity and in relationships, inwardly commune with your infinite Beloved giving thanks, knowing He knows all that you need and His great love and desire for your good to come to you is even now doing so. Giving thanks is an affirmation for what is even now coming to you in multifarious ways.
When he approached the tomb of Lazarus, the description of the Master is the shortest sentence in the entire Bible, “Jesus wept.” He felt his grief, the grief of those around him, and tears poured from him. He inwardly petitioned his heavenly Father, “Can nothing be done?” And then he knew God was to do something tremendous. A man lying dead for four days, and God would work a miracle. Jesus knew God had heard his heart’s cry, and he wanted others to know that what is to happen is coming from God, not himself. So, he spoke out his thanksgiving to his Heavenly Father for what was to come.
When in need of healing, God may heal you directly through grace, He may also send to you the right people or circumstances to enact healing, or He may give you strength and perspective to endure what must be gone through. And this is true for prosperity and broken relationships as well. It is also the way in which you achieve God-realization—God, even now, sending you all you need in the present, and for what is to come.
When giving thanks you feel a loving relationship with God. It is grace that is coming into your body giving it all that is needed for healing, that all material prosperity is flowing to you in unknown and delightful ways, that relationships are being healed in you and in others—it all comes from the exhaustless storehouse of He who creates vast universes. While His Presence is beyond the scope of the puny little human mind to encompass, He also comes in personal, loving and tender ways to each person and all parts of His creation.
Thank you, Lord, for giving me awareness of Your Presence, for in that deep connection with You I have everything that You are. I live in the prime simplicity of Your Being—I am merged in You and You in me. And through Your all-powerful Presence You may fulfill Your will for me and for this world. I give You thanks, not because You require it, but because it puts me in right relationship with You, because it helps open the inner floodgates of Your power, intelligence and love. You create all that is and all that is to come, and for what You give, I offer You my most humble and loving gratitude.
Happy Thanksgiving Day to you, and may every moment of every day be filled with gratitude for the greatest gift of all, the living Presence of our Infinite Beloved.