Sometimes, well almost always it seems,
I forget to look at all the good I have in my life. I mean, human
nature is to be selfish which causes my blindness to God's blessings,
glory and power. He chose me and provides me with more than I need
and what do I do with it? Complain. It's not warm enough, their
service was too slow, they were mean to me, I'm sure the list could
go on forever. As I am sitting here, I began to look over old notes
from church. A couple things I wrote stuck out to me.
Referring to Revelation 3:18 I wrote,
"Christ will show you true riches and you will understand how to
live in His presence." How much of that can I say is true in my
own life? When I reflect on the blessings and wonders of the One who
saved me, I see greatness, love, mercy, etc. But when I don't
purposefully take the time to do that and something great happens,
what are my thoughts? Usually nothing, just a "Hey that's cool!"
and then I move on. Surely this is not what God is looking for by
blessing His people. After all, He is a selfish God who created us to
glorify Him in all we do. Instead my response is no or little
response. How selfish and foolish am I to not even recognize my
Savior when, even though I live in a broken world, all I need to do
is glance around me to see His blessings and glory! If I can't even
muster up a simple "thank you" in the midst of all this,
who am I to even try to preach God's love and grace?! Don't get me
wrong, my Momma raised me to be thankful for things but I am talking
about a deeper kind of thankfulness.
In another set of sermon notes I came
across was talking about being content with what He has given me. No
more of always wanting more. I am becoming more of a woman every day,
it seems I should know God will always provide more that I could ever
need. It is so easy to get caught up in the moment and lose sight of
what I'm living for. I'm not living only for the promise of Heaven
but for fulfilling His perfect plan for my life. It is so important
to recognize that where God has me right now is exactly where I need
to be because He is preparing me for what is to come. I need to
strive to make myself usable. I need to fall in love with Him all
over again.
What are you thankful for today?