“Give thanks to the LORD,
for He is good; His love endures forever.”
What percentage of your
communication with God would you call gratitude?
When you talk to God do you mostly
give thanks, or list your needs?
Do you stand amazed at His grace and mercy …or do you question what He allows and promote your own plans over His?
Do you stand amazed at His grace and mercy …or do you question what He allows and promote your own plans over His?
The answer to those questions
depends on how well you understand the end of this passage. The verse says “God
is good” …that is a statement of fact. Then
the conclusion of the verse proves it with ….”His love endures forever”.
Stop and consider what it
means. His love – for you – NEVER ENDS…
That should astonish you. You should be stunned by the fact that He is even
aware of you…much less loves you eternally.
Just a cursory look at human history
should make you wonder how God has tolerated mankind up to this point - and an
honest look at ourselves should makes us wonder how He can possibly love us
individually.
This verse encourages you to take
a longer even more honest look in that mirror. Consider God’s stubborn love in
your life. The times you have pushed Him away and He has refused to leave you.
The
result will be thankfulness - His goodness will overwhelm you and motivate you to
“Give thanks to the LORD”.
Try starting today by reflecting
on his mercy and grace in your life.
Consider what you have been
forgiven of…exam the selfish heart that only you and He are aware of… and
realize that nothing in the depths of that sinful heart has ever discouraged
Him from loving you…that is mercy.
Then consider the blessing you
have been given. Realize the protection He has provided throughout your life, calming
some storms - and carrying you through others. And finally meditate on the dreadful
Cross…and fall on your face and worship Him for His unmerited amazing grace.
His unending love for us proves
He is good…it is not a product of anything we have done but of who He is…..and
that should produce so much thankfulness in us that it defines who we are…if I
take one breath today without thankfulness – it will be because I have forgotten
that He is good, and has promised to love me forever.
“We are in a wrong state of mind
if we are not in a thankful state of mind.”
- Charles Spurgeon
- Charles Spurgeon
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