Thanks

"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" (II Corinthians 9:15) One does not have to look far to see the gifts God gives us. Life itself is a gift from God and every day we live should be a cause of giving thanks (James 4:13-17.) Each day carries with it more blessings and gifts from our heavenly Father than we could possibly count. Certainly we should try and count them to keep a sense of perspective about God's goodness but we can hardly know them all. Life, health, comfortable homes, nice cars, computers, microwave ovens, dishwashers, jobs, money, family, good friends-the list could go on and on. Indeed, God is good to us.

More so than we deserve. God blesses us over and over but do we show Him the proper gratitude? When we sit down to eat our daily bread do we give thanks? When we recover from sickness, do we recognize God's hand in our recovery? God blesses us with transportation that is convenient and comfortable and we thank Him by not using it to come to church services. God blesses us with jobs to support our families but we spend all our time complaining about the company we've been blessed with and that we agreed to work for.

Nor is there just the physical aspects of God's goodness to consider. All spiritual blessing are in Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:3.) Thinking about all the physical blessings we can see ought to cause us to appreciate the innumerable spiritual blessings from God. We see and experience God's love in this life and that should cause us to have a better understanding of just how much God loved us in sending His son to die on the cross for us. What does that mean to us? Are we just as guilty of taking God's spiritual blessings for granted? Do we pray as we should? Miss the opportunity to worship at the drop of a hat? Life and eternal life are an indescribable gift from God and He deserves our constant and daily gratitude in word and in deed.