2 Chronicles 26:1-23; Ezekiel 43:1-27; John 19:17-42
And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, offer it of your own free will. On the same day it shall be eaten; you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the Lord. Leviticus 22:29-30 NKJV
In these Old Testament verses, we have instructions for a thanksgiving offering. First, it was to be offered to the Lord freely, “of your own free will.” Unique to other peace offerings that could be eaten on the following day, the thanksgiving offering was to be eaten fully, “on the same day.” In the New Testament, we have the same principle in a simple exhortation. Fully, “in everything”; and freely (1 Thess. 5:18), “give thanks.” Today, let us offer to God our
thanks for all His blessings to us. —Rex Trogdon
Thank You, Lord, for giving to me,
Thy great salvation so rich and free. —Seth & Bessie Sykes