Day 6 : Grattitude

Philippians 4:4-7
Many times, it is easy to grumble and complain about the things we don’t have.

Being a very unsatisfied person, with what I have or who I am, I would often overlook the Grace, which had bestowed all things, blessings and rewards, upon me. I would think, “If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.”

The very truth is this. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied even if they were doubled.

How many times do we miss God’s blessings because they are not wrapped as we expected? The darkness around us in our lives usually distort our sight, making us hard to see, hence appreciate, what God has given to us.

Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still steeped in hurt and resentment. It is amazing how many occasions present themselves in which I can choose gratitude instead of a complaint. I can choose to grateful when I am criticized, even when my heart still responds in bitterness. I can choose to speak about goodness and beauty, even when my inner eye still looks for someone to accuse or something to call ugly.

The failure to return thanks for definite blessings received is a manifestation of ingratitude. Ingratitude that grieves Jesus Christ.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes Joy.

Are we grateful to God, for all the things that happened, and didn’t happened in our lives? A heart filled with gratitude s a heart that values Jesus. If we don’t thank God for what He gave us, and keep thinking that we deserve more or better, then we are not valuing Jesus at all.

Jesus Christ is not valued at all, until He is valued above all.

Amen, Jesus values more than anything in this world! sometimes, i do grumble. things that i am lacking, things that i like, i do grumble if i dont get things i like. sometimes, i really wished to be contented with what i have! cause ): i do have alot of things, i do have alot but dont always use them. Or sometimes i just use them once and chuck them back into somewhere when 100 years later then i found it back. God, times when my sheep rebel against me, times when my sheep gives me cold shoulder, i want to still honour you, i want to still go through this rough patch w/you. I want to give thanks even in such situation God! And times when all went wrong, all seem wrong, i wanna give thanks! situation DOSENT determine my faith in you, situations does not determine my rate/level of gratitude! (amen!) yes God! I want to have this heart of gratitude, not having a heart that has this innerself that is grumbling/dissatisfied. I dont want to be easily dissatisfied! i want to be contented and always always lift up to my best! i want to have a hungry spirit, a healthy spirit, to be discontented w/more of your presence! not contented
w/more of your power! because i want more! GOD :) may you bless me w/tests,trails and challenges, test me in my heart of grattitude for you! test me :) so that i may grow! i also want to develop a 'thank-God' behaviour! so that, when i say thank God, i can also mean them in my heart, but first and foremost, God, be first in my life, be first in my life! so that, everything that surrounds is from you! i give them all back to you lord! thank you, for everything that has been blesssed :)