March 13, 2013
Years ago, when I was in school, my pastor shared a testimony with us.
Few months after getting married, he became sexually impotent. I am sure that
must have been the darkest moment of his life. He was always visiting the
doctor almost every hour, all to no avail. He prayed, fasted and did all sorts,
but nothing happened. Despite this, he was still the same person to climb the
altar and tell the congregation that “There is nothing God cannot do.”
After about one whole month, during a praise night, he noticed that
the local drum beater was not around, so he quickly doubled as a pastor and
drummer. He was playing the drums with all in him, he was praising God along
with the church forgetting his woe when suddenly he noticed that something moved
under his pant. By the time he went outside to check, his potency has been
restored.
1Thessalonians 5:18 says “In everything give thanks, for this is the
will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” Thankfulness is not something you do when
all is well; it should be a daily habit. We are to give thanks whether there is
food to eat or not. We are to give thanks not in some areas, not for the
wonderful and great things, but in all things (all as in all – good or bad).
I know it is very difficult to thank God when something bad just
happened, but doing it is obeying God. Maybe your car just got involved in an accident;
well you can be thankful you did not die. Maybe you just lost a small baby, you
can be thankful you are not a barren. Maybe you just lost a job, why not thank
God you even had one.
How can you be thankful in the midst of hurt and disappointment? Friends,
I want you to know today that “all things work together for good to them that
love God..”
No matter your lot, give thanks. No matter what happens to you in
life, give thanks. As believers, we have a mandate to always thank God for
everything.
May the grace to be able to be an addicted “thanker” be given to you
in Jesus Name. Amen!
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