Thanks-Giving Heart

        Whose family resemblance are you taking on, the one of your former life or of your new life in Christ? A key indicator of the answer to this question is whether we continually have a thankful heart towards God. For when we become use to daily blessings we can take them for granted and lose the realization that God is the source of each and every one of these blessings.

        You see, thanksgiving keeps our heart and focus on God. Without a ‘thanks-giving heart’ we can overlook God’s blessings in the midst of the common or usual. We can fail to thank God for another morning, a choice parking spot, that job we have had for a while, our being single, our health, our free country, our kids, etc. Without thanksgiving we can overlook God’s blessing in difficult times as well. We can then let our challenges wrongly seem to outnumber the larger amount of blessings we receive. It is important to remember that all that we are and have is from the Lord, for over time we come to think all that we are and have is from our own hands.

        So take a look anew at the command that will allow you to see God more often in your day:  “In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus”  (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Make a focused effort to give thanks throughout this day for it will keep your heart focused on God in everything you do.