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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
Weekly Devotional for 2007
Week 18
April 29, 2007 -- May 5, 2007
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And whenever the living creatures express glory and honor and thank-fulness to the one sitting on the throne, who lives forever and ever, . . . Rev 4:9.

Bob and DeAnna Gulke, my wife's brother and sister, both kindly passed on a cute story a while ago that was food for some thought.[1] In the story someone was getting the proverbial tour of Heaven from St. Peter. During part of the tour they walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.

St. Peter stopped in front of the first section and said, "This is the Receiving Section. Here, all prayer requests are received and processed."

The heavenly tourist looked at the section, and it was terribly busy with many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world. They moved on to the second section of the workroom.
St. Peter said, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the persons who asked for them."
Again this was an extremely busy section. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest corner of the room, the two of them stopped at a very small station. To the surprise of the heavenly tourist, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing.

"This is the Acknowledgment Section," St. Peter said.

"How is it that there's no work here?" the tourist asked.

"So sad," St. Peter sighed. "After people receive the blessings they ask for, very few send acknowledgments."

"How does one acknowledge God's blessings?"

"Simple," St. Peter answered. "Just say, 'Thank you, Lord.' "

But what if you can't think of any blessings from God? What if life for you has seemed an unending series of disasters and trials? Should heaven's Acknowledgment Section be unemployed on your account?

I'd suggest consulting a dictionary. Every page of the dictionary is filled with blessings we may never have acknowledged to God. Apes, apples, apricots; there are so many things that God has given each of us. When was the last time you thanked Him for one of them? God is the author of life and every good thing. Let the acknowledgments begin!

Lord, I am ashamed of the many times You have reached out to me in blessing and I have taken You for granted. I thank You for this day and all that You have done for me.

[1]  Emails on December 1, 2003.
 

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