I wish that my life could be filled with more thanksgiving because thanksgiving is the apex of joy because joy is incomplete unless it is expressed. So here is a list of things that I am SO thankful for.

1. I am thankful to you God that you gave me my parents. They have taken care of me and they have kept me physically alive so that I can be used by God as the chosen vessel that I am to shine forth His amazing love and grace to a dark and dying world that God wants everyone to enjoy due to who He is! I ask you O God to give me a heart to sacrificially love them through my laying down my life for them the way Jesus laid down His life for everybody that His Father created in His own image. (John 3:16 for Christ and then 1 John 3:16 for me). Help me to be rich in faith like I was chosen to be (James 2:5) that can only come through the trials that I must endure as I do this task. (James 1:1-4)

2. I am grateful for Cornerstone and Eternity Bible College. I am grateful that I can go to a school where I can learn how to read God's mind as expressed in His Word and where I can actually be blessed in doing this Word and not get puffed up about knowing it. (1 Corinthians 8:1) I thank you God that you are teaching me about yourself through Eternity Bible College and I pray that you continue to do so through my whole time here.

3. I am grateful for all of the brothers and sisters that you have provided while I have been here and the loving care that they have given me while I have been here. I never imagined that I could actually form godly relationships because of my autism induced loneliness of my high school years but I want to just bless you Christ for just walking me through my godly relationships. And I pray that I can be a channel of grace to my parents the way that these brothers and sisters here at EBC have been a channel of grace to me.

4. And best of all, I want to thank YOU O God that you exist and that You have given me Yourself through your Beloved Son Jesus Christ!! This is the indescribable gift that transcends all other gifts combined. (2 Corinthians 9:15) First when I was dead in trespasses in sins (Ephesians 2:1-3), your Son died on the cross to take away my sin and bear your wrath. Then Your Son was raised from the dead conquering my sin and death clearing the way to restoration. You preached your gospel to me through Your Word and gave me the wisdom to understand Your gospel and my sin through the power of the Holy Spirit. (John 1:9, 16:7-11, 2 Timothy 3:15, Romans 10:14-17). You gave me new life by your grace (free gift) through my faith alone (receiving a free gift) APART from ANY WORKS or futile attempts to earn it. (Romans 1:16-17, Ephesians 2:8-9) The new life in me enabled me to see the divine glory that is God's alone! God the Father justified me and declared me son by His grace received on account of my position in Christ ALONE! (Romans 8:1-2). And best of all, I am now an heir of You Father with Jesus Christ so I can now suffer so I can gain reward for eternity. (Romans 8:17) And the day will come where I will look upon your face God with your Beloved Son Christ! (Revelation 22:4) And I will delight in You and show Your Holy Grace for eternity. I thank you for all of this. I didn't deserve it and I didn't need to in order for You to bestow it. You gave it to me through faith alone because you are unfailingly committed to your glory and my satisfaction in You! And You are committed to to Your own glory and my joy in You all because You are Beautiful and Love! (1 John 4:8) I pray that the world will know all of this through my oneness with You and they will ALL repent and believe and be satisfied in worship like Jesus fervently prayed for the first Christians in John 17:20-26 because that would delight my soul and Jesus' above all other things. This is pleasing in your sight!

I close these meditations with a message to all who don't know God. God is infinitely passionate to enthrall you with Yourself and He loves you with the same infinite intensity as He loves Jesus Christ, His own Beloved Son!! And so I ask you to forget about your sin and to come to the living waters of life so that you will never thirst. (John 4:13-14, 7:37-39) Come! Jesus is offering His hand and has given you the wisdom to believe through my gospel and Word. (2 Timothy 3:15, 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6)

Savoring the sweet pleasure of thanksgiving...
Kevin Chu