The bounty is Christ

When we stop to think about all that we’ve been blessed with as believers, having Jesus as our Lord and Savior is at the top of our list…our fruitful bounty. Everything else is but a garnish.

In America, our blessings are so abundant that even the poor are considered rich compared with many other nations around the globe. The word tells us in 1 Timothy 6:8 that if we have food and raiment, we should be content.

While gathered together with family and friends to enjoy food and fellowship this Thanksgiving holiday, let’s also take time to remember the ones who are suffering for their beliefs and pray God would abundantly bless them with his peace and provision.

With thanksgiving in their hearts, the early settlers gave praise and honor to the Lord for many things, most notably, a liberal harvest. William Bradford wrote:

“…And afterwards the Lord sent them such seasonable showers, with interchange of fair, warm weather as, through His blessing, caused a fruitful and liberal harvest, to their no small comfort and rejoicing. For which mercy, in time convenient, they also set apart a day of thanksgiving… By this time harvest was come, and instead of famine, now God gave them plenty … for which they blessed God.” 

May your Thanksgiving be a joyous reminder of all that is Jesus!