Anyway, consider the following: What causes our Thanksgiving tank to get drained down? How can we fill up our Thanksgiving tank?

 

1. Thanksgiving Killers! (Col. 3:15) – “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”

 

Worry and fear over the future, our families, fitness, and finances are drainers of our thanksgiving to God. What are you worried about? Is worrying for the birds? In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Christ said the following (Matt. 6:34): “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

By the way, He mentioned this in the context of worrying over food and clothing, illustrating this truth by pointing out the lilies of the field and the birds of the air. According to our Lord Jesus, they are not worried because our Heavenly Father feeds and clothes them. What does our world’s future hold with political instability, military uncertainty, and spiritual apostasy? While we do not know what the future holds, we do know Who holds the future! Resting in that truth will “fill up your THANKSGIVING tank”!

 

2. Thanksgiving Thrillers! (Col. 2:6-7) – “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.”

 

The word “rooted” is ῥιζόω (hrid-zo’-o), which means to become stable, or it can mean to cause to take root; firmly, or finally to establish. The word “stablished” is βεβαιόω (beh-bah-YO-oh), which means to confirm or establish. It can also mean to make firm or even secure. One usage can be a guarantee. “Abounding” is the word περισσεύω (pe-ris-syoo’-o). It means to be in abundance, to OVERFLOW, or to excel; it can describe exceeding the ordinary (the necessary), or being left over.

Is your heart overflowing with thanksgiving to God? Of course, the opposite of gratitude is ingratitude—gratefulness/ungratefulness. We decide daily if we are going to let THANKSGIVING killers drain our tank or THANKSGIVING thrillers fill our tank.

 

Conclusion: What is draining your THANKSGIVING tank? Perhaps it is someone or something else. Either way, why not purpose in your heart to “fill up” your tank with PRAISE for our Lord’s goodness and grace? Besides that, count your many blessings, name them one by one! “Fill it up”!