1 Thessalonians 5:18 Be thankful in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
All the supermarkets have signs listing the times they are open and closed over the Christmas period and I always enjoy the moment when I know the last shop has closed and it’s too late to buy anything so I can relax. Maybe you’re like that too?😊
I wonder if God has a sign in Heaven as well, with a list of His timings. I know it never ceases to amaze me how His timing is always right. He had to wait to send Jesus into the earth as a baby until everything came together at the right moment. He had been prophesied for hundreds of years but God knew the exact point in time to send the Saviour into our world.
In the same way God’s timing is always just right in our lives too. We often think He’s going to be too late, or taking far too long, but God has His reasons and His purposes to be fulfilled, and He’s always working behind the scenes all the time even when we can’t see it. The best thing we can do is to cooperate and not complain or grumble about it. Instead He has told us what He wants from us. He wants our thanksgiving.
There are times when it’s one of the hardest things to do, isn’t it? Everything in us wants to mutter and grumble but He calls us to give thanks. Why is that? It’s because God knows that thanksgiving releases His blessings like nothing else can and He wants to bless us.
I’m sure there will be lots of happy occasions through the holiday when it will be easy to give thanks, but for those days or times, when we’re struggling for any reason, let’s ask the Holy Spirit to help us to praise and thank God from our hearts for all His faithful goodness to us.
Have a blessed weekend and thank you for reading the Blog.😊
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