GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR MY 5 SENSES

This week I will give gratitude to God for the ability to...

1) See the beauty of his presence all around. What does his beauty look like? The beauty of God comes in many forms, it's in the shine of the sun, the glow of the moon, the twinkle of the stars, the breeze of air, the clouds and the sky, the colorful array of flowers, the people all around different yet the same in his eyes. Blessed be the name of Jehovah for the ability to see the vast richness he has created in all the earth. The glorious reflection of the Kingdom of Heaven is all around us here on earth.

Genesis 1:31...And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good.

Psalms 50: 2...Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.

This week I will give gratitude to God for the ability to...

2) Hear the sweetness of his voice all around me. What is that I am hearing? I am hearing the divine sound of comfort. Blessed be the soothing voice of God that speaks peace to my pain, suffering and sorrows. I am so grateful to the Most High whose voice of holiness is powerful enough to speak rebuke to the voices of the enemy that seek to turn me away from his word and his desires for my life. Thank you God for your multifaceted voice, I am so blessed to hear the holiness of every word you speak over and in my life.

Psalms 29:4...The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty (splendor).

Ezekiel 42:2...And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east; and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.

This week I will give gratitude to God for the ability to...

3) Feel the glory of his presence in my life. What does the presence of God's glory feel like? I, myself feel like the goodness of God created in the wonderful image of all that is holy within him, unfiltered, raw, natural in the essence of who I am when I was just a thought in his mind. I am the manifestation of Jehovah's beauty and in his eye I am without a doubt a vision of glory for him to look upon. God thank you for not only allowing me to feel the beauty of your wonderful Kingdom flow through the depths of my flesh and soul daily, but I thank you the most for allowing me the opportunity to feel the presence of your love deep within the fabric of my heart.

Jeremiah 20:9...But his (God's) word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones.

Psalms 16: 11...In your (God) presence is the fulness of joy, and at your right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

This week I will give gratitude to God for the ability to...

4) Taste the delightful fruits of your most awesome Spirit and Heavenly Kingdom arranged at the table you set before me to feast upon. God what are the fruits I am tasting? I am tasting the delectable sweetness of your unconditional, everlasting and almighty heart that chooses to

love me in spite of all that I may say or do. In the midst of my praise and worship it is the pleasurable warmth of your joy I am tasting as the depths of your most blessed Kingdom fill with the sound of my glorious reverence. I am tasting the refreshing coolness of peace that dwells deep within your soul when you happily watch me living out the days of my life in the righteousness of your Holy Word. When my flesh and soul are at an imbalance with your throne of divinity it is the pungent bitter sensation of your longsuffering (patience) I am tasting, yet is it the robust freshness of your gentleness that cools my palate when your throne chooses to show me compassion instead of rebuke when I am falling weak to the sins of the flesh. Saturated in the truth of your word, Lord God it is the spice and fire of your faith that I am tasting in the depths of my soul as you move me about this earth partaking in the works of discipleship, pouring out your righteousness and uplifting all human beings in the light of your Heavenly Kingdom that lives purely within me. God so many times I have given you reason to bring destruction upon me but as you subdue the urge to bring the sting of death upon my soul it is the tartness of your temperance (self-control) that I am tasting, and for your saving grace I am most grateful. Daily you are a good God and as I am blessed with the opportunity to live each day in the goodness of who you are, my God it is the savory seasoning of your meekness that I taste as you humbly sit upon your throne having total control over all I say and do to forever spread you most worthy name across all the lands.

Psalms 34:8...Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that trusts in him.

Hebrews 6:4-5...For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost and have tasted the good word of God.

Psalms 119:103...How sweet are your words unto my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth.

This week I will give gratitude to God for the ability to...

5) To breathe in the gratifying, most pleasing, desirable fragrance of his awesomeness, his wonderfulness, the fullness of who he is as the Almighty Creator of Heaven and earth. Some light a candle, some spray perfumes and some use artificial enhancements, but God I am most grateful for the divine ability to smell the beauty of your glory above the wicked stench of satan when he seeks to congest me with his pollutants of hell.

2 Corinthians 2:15...For we are unto God a sweet savour (aroma) of Christ.

Additional Bible scriptures of reference...

Psalms 115: 1-7 talks about the glory of God, it points out the 5 senses and how those who stand opposite to God cannot through their senses intake the delightful and most delectable goodness of God's glory, and we know that the glory of God is indeed most pleasing because his word from beginning to end tells us so.

The book of the Song of Solomon in its spiritual context can be seen as a love letter between God and his soulmate. We know that the Bible is both literal and figurative, meaning that understanding the word of God is two sided. Yes the Song of Solomon is about human love, but if we study this book a little deeper we can understand that the King is a representation of the Lord Jehovah and the woman is a representation of mankind, love in its' purest form between the Kingdom of Heaven and his creation. The book of the Song of Solomon is an exemplary display of how the beauty of untainted love feels/effects all of who we are through our 5 senses.

This week I will give gratitude to God for being a great God who gives me the ability to see, smell, taste and feel the splendidness of his most blessed Kingdom of Heaven all around me. To God be the glory forever and ever, in Jesus name Amen.