Today’s Scripture: Jeremiah 30:19, ESV- “Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.”
God was restoring His people in the days of Jeremiah. God is still the source of restoration. I am praying for God’s restoration and daily bread. John Baker, in Lesson 1 of Celebrate Recovery referenced Jeremiah 30:17 where God promised the Israelites, He would bring them back to health and heal their wounds. God still brings us back to health and heals our wounds today. In Jeremiah 30:2 God told Jeremiah to write down everything He told him.
As we record our experiences others too can experience God. We can serve the LORD with our thanksgivings. My personal writings have served as a journal over the years. I have gone back to the beginning of this journey that God has sent me over the past thirteen years. I have written down what God has given me. Out of my thanksgivings I write to share God.
God is faithful to provide never-ending daily manna of nourishment and experiences that cause thanksgiving. God will surely save us from this corrupt and morally upside-down world. God is our only peace and security. As it was in Jeremiah’s day and in Jeremiah 30:11 God is with us, and He will save us. God will destroy evil, and although we will be disciplined and punished for our turning away, God will restore us.
When reading God’s Word, we hear His timely messages for us. He tells us what we need to hear. In recovery and in life we are comforted to know that as Jeremiah 30:17 promises, God will restore us to health and heal our wounds. I write out of the thanksgiving of the health and healing I have found in prayer and God’s Word.
The first time I wrote on this verse was around Thanksgiving of 2010. I had resisted the urge to go and manufacture a writing specific to the holiday by searching for the word thanksgiving. Instead, I stayed true to the path God had me on. As I read the day’s readings and Jeremiah 30:19 my mind did one of those double takes as it took me a moment to realize what had just happened. “Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.”
Wait a second, I thought, there is the word thanksgiving, and I did not even have to search for it. It is right here, right where God already had me. Is that too weird? Is that a coincidence? Believe what you will but for me I felt and still feel rejoicing and thanksgiving spill out of me. Other versions of this scripture said “out of them” or “from” them came thanksgiving. This writing is my song that is coming out of me and I am praying God multiples His thanksgivings. How do your thanksgivings come out?
Thanksgivings continue to spill out of me because almost two decades later and hundreds, if not thousands of experiences with God’s amazing voice and “coincidences” of how His Word and His Spirit meet me right where I am. So yes, out of me comes thanksgiving. God does provide what we need right where we are. We can trust He has us right where He wants us in our prayer, bible reading, and life. Do you ever wonder how many times we have gone looking for things where God had it for us right where we were?
Can you find thanksgiving where you are? God reminds us in Jeremiah 30:22: “You shall be My people, And I will be your God.” (NKJV) That truth alone is enough to pour out thanksgivings, will you?
Today’s Prayer: Heavenly Father, we come to You in prayer and thanksgivings. Thank You LORD for restoring us and speaking with us. We are Your people, and You are our God. Out of us come songs of thanksgiving. Help us LORD to record everything You speak to us so we can continue to provide the hope, restoration, and security found only in You. Please receive and multiply our thanksgivings to feed Your sheep. Amen.
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