2 Chronicles 29:31-36 – Sudden, Abundant Thanksgiving

2 Chronicles 29:31-36 describes the first “thank offerings” brought to the temple when King Hezekiah restored worship there. It describes a scene of sudden, abundant thankfulness to the Lord. So much, in fact, that there weren’t enough priests to handle all of it – they had to call in “extra” help.

Giving sudden, abundant thanks to the Lord. We live with constant communion with God available to us freely through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. No ritual consecration, no qualification to come into His presence. All too often, we take this as an entitlement and we neglect to see the awesome privilege which has been bestowed upon us by the almighty God.

In King Hezekiah’s time, the people were grateful to have temple worship restored, and they flooded the altars with thousands of sacrifices to express their thanks to the Lord. As we approach the season of Thanksgiving, let us have the same heart – for Christ has given us more than we could ever deserve.