The Power of Thanksgiving - A Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
Have you ever thought about thanksgiving, as in expressing gratitude to God, as an offering? In the old testament, it was law to offer sacrifices of animals to show thanksgiving to God. These animals had to be perfect, no deformities, no blemishes, these animals had to pass inspections more critical than the ones judges perform at dog shows! The person making these thanksgiving sacrifices couldn't just go into their fields and pick out any animal, they had to prepare these animals for such a time as this. There was special care given to make sure these future sacrifices were perfect. The people had to put thought into this sacrifice of Thanksgiving. These were considered "worthy offerings", so whatever was offered in sacrifice to God had to be without blemish, otherwise it should not be accepted. Leviticus 22:29 (AKJV) says: "And when you will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it at your own will." This wasn't something they c...