“In Everything Give Thanks”
Wednesday Night October 12, 2011
keywords: grateful, complaining, murmuring
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An unexpected delay in a paycheck. How would you respond?
Grateful that your needs are taken care of or sulking over not getting what you planned to get?
Which are you?
Realize that God has provided.
The Israelites complained about the food they left behind in Egypt and didn’t give thanks for God’s deliverance from slavery.
Realizing what you have to be thankful for.
God has allowed many of us to have more things/stuff than He had when He humbled Himself to live on the earth.
Jesus suffered for us.
When you look at the condition of others, do you really have something to complain about?
You may not think you are murmuring and complaining, but you better make sure that you are not.
Remember that God destroyed many of the children of Israel when they murmured against Him.
How close have we come to the line of murmuring?
Consider the affliction of early believers. Does it seem in any way comparable to what people pout about today?
In everything give thanks.
Many people think that getting more stuff would make their lives better or complete.
Be grateful what you do have. With food and raiment, therewith be content.
Christ suffered much physical pain to die for us, without complaining. Dare we complain about life that is not quite our way?
Do we give effort, go beyond comfort, stay up late to see the things of God through to completion?
Do we live each day so that we end it saying I pleased God, diligently sought Him, in everything gave thanks?
Thankful for Christ’s death on the cross and due return.