I Thessalonians 5:18
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you
In a world fraught with greed and selfishness, over run with self exaltation, how exactly do you give thanks in everything? This is a question I have been meditating on for a couple of weeks now. Having a plethora of things readily available to me you could say I have need of nothing. Quite literally I don’t because what I can’t buy out right I can charge on my credit card or better yet get a loan from the bank, all in the pretense that I am only taking care of my needs. I find myself wondering just what on earth it is that I actually need. It seems I am never satisfied with the things I have. I get one thing and a week, or a month or maybe a year later I have moved on and in need of the latest or greatest thing. I have never learned the art of teaching my soul to be satisfied. I am often reminded of this daily when my son who is 5, ask me for something new every few minutes it seems. Sometimes it is the same thing but other times it is something that caught his eye in the last few minutes. As I watch him I can see allot of myself in him. Lately I have begun to question if this is the same ideology that I carry to God on a daily basis? It is a sobering thought to me as I realize, maybe, I am like my son in the eyes of my Father. How often do I go to God and ask for things? God I need more patience, I need more faith, I need you to bless me, I need more of your peace and I could go on naming a million and one things I ask God for on a daily basis. Yet His word teaches me He already knows what I have need of, before I even ask. I have often pondered that thought and until recently I never understand even a fraction of the meaning. In the still and patient voice of my God, He said to me, “If I walk with you and fellowship with you consistently then I will know what you have need of” I thought to myself, WOW! That is why you say in everything, give thanks! If I am giving thanks consistently and continually while I am walking with God, all the things I think I need won’t matter and all the things I do need He will provide. This is the blessing of a relationship.
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you
In a world fraught with greed and selfishness, over run with self exaltation, how exactly do you give thanks in everything? This is a question I have been meditating on for a couple of weeks now. Having a plethora of things readily available to me you could say I have need of nothing. Quite literally I don’t because what I can’t buy out right I can charge on my credit card or better yet get a loan from the bank, all in the pretense that I am only taking care of my needs. I find myself wondering just what on earth it is that I actually need. It seems I am never satisfied with the things I have. I get one thing and a week, or a month or maybe a year later I have moved on and in need of the latest or greatest thing. I have never learned the art of teaching my soul to be satisfied. I am often reminded of this daily when my son who is 5, ask me for something new every few minutes it seems. Sometimes it is the same thing but other times it is something that caught his eye in the last few minutes. As I watch him I can see allot of myself in him. Lately I have begun to question if this is the same ideology that I carry to God on a daily basis? It is a sobering thought to me as I realize, maybe, I am like my son in the eyes of my Father. How often do I go to God and ask for things? God I need more patience, I need more faith, I need you to bless me, I need more of your peace and I could go on naming a million and one things I ask God for on a daily basis. Yet His word teaches me He already knows what I have need of, before I even ask. I have often pondered that thought and until recently I never understand even a fraction of the meaning. In the still and patient voice of my God, He said to me, “If I walk with you and fellowship with you consistently then I will know what you have need of” I thought to myself, WOW! That is why you say in everything, give thanks! If I am giving thanks consistently and continually while I am walking with God, all the things I think I need won’t matter and all the things I do need He will provide. This is the blessing of a relationship.
