Everything we have and everything we are has come to us as gifts from God. Jesus reminded us of that in the last part of John 15:5, when He said, "Apart from me you can do nothing." Think about it. Apart from God we would never have been born. Apart from Him, our hearts would cease to beat and our lungs would stop breathing. Whether we acknowledge it or not, we are completely dependent upon the God Who created us to sustain us.
I have seen this question two or three times lately,"If today you had only what you thanked God for yesterday, what would you have?" Just how appreciative are we of all that God has done for us and given us? A little chorus says, "God is so good," and then "God is so good to me!" If God has been good to us, He is certainly due our appreciation, our gratitude, our praise, and our worship. It is a good thing to set aside one day a year to give thanks to God as a nation, but surely we should thank Him everyday and often more than once a day, because He lavishes His blessings upon us, not only daily, but many times during the day. Lamentations 3:22-23 says, "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
Challenge: Try thanking God every night when you go to bed for five specific things He has given you or done for you that day. Caution: this may be habit forming. I hope it is. Happy Thanksgiving!
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