Thank You, Sir!

Thank: to tell someone that you are grateful for something he or she has done or given

There's an old song that says, "I can't pay the Lord, I just want to tell Him - 'Thank You Sir.'" There is so much that the Lord has done for us - when we were yet sinners, He set us free, all of our burdens He helped us to bear, all our trouble God helped us to share. We can't pay the Lord, but we can say "Thank You, Sir."

Think of the woman that had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years and was bowed together and could in no way lift up herself. When Jesus saw her, He called her to Him, and said unto her, woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And He laid His hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God (Luke 13:11-13). I'm sure that woman couldn't pay the Lord for the change He made in her life, but as she was glorifying Him, I'm sure she was saying "Thank You, Sir!"

We have no right or reason to be ungrateful after all the Lord has done for us; because He has given us a little more courage to run this race of life. I know that some of us can say that there were times when we didn't know how we were going to put food on the table, or make that car payment, or if we would ever find a job. And as we think back upon those times, surely we can all say one thing - God has not failed us yet! We can't pay the Lord for all that He has done for us, but my friends, we can tell Him, "Thank You, Sir!"

He has kept us and brought us through many a storm - all the way from our childhood. Even then, He was our shield and protection. And I know He is our stay, because we could have been dead and buried in our grave, but God, in His mercy spoke one word; He told death to behave. We can't pay the Lord; we just need to tell Him, "Thank You, Sir!"

I'm sure if Jonah was here today, he would be a witness. After being in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights, the word tells us that Jonah cried out to God in the belly of hell and the Lord heard him and spake to the fish and that fish vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Jonah said I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving. No doubt Jonah was saying, I can't pay the Lord, but I just want to tell Him, "Thank You, Sir."

With all that said, let the Church say Amen… and AMEN!