Thankfulness

What happens if we forget thankfulness?

 

      The first thing we should already know is that we would be disobeying God’s command for us as Christians, 1 Thessalonians 5:18 “in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” In Romans 1:21 the people did not honor God or give thanks and it said “their foolish heart was darkened.” We also must be sure not to pray like the Pharisee in Luke 18:11 who thanked God that he was not like the tax collector, because that would be condemnatory, which is not ours to do. Forgetting thankfulness is not a small issue that does not matter, but a huge one; because thankfulness shows that we had a need (it does not always need to be a great need) that was met and it shows that we appreciate it. If we were to not be thankful, we would become very selfish people, who few people would like, because we would be saying that we don’t need anyone’s help. That is also saying we don’t need God’s help which is deadly error, Titus 2:11, God’s gift of salvation will save us, not our own strength. Christ dying for our sins deserves our greatest thankfulness and we should truly “in everything give thanks”. This is why we should remember to be thankful.