Seize the Moment – Day 387
Gratitude is the Right Response to God’s Blessings!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, April 8.
Does it matter how you respond to God’s blessings in your life?
Let’s think about that question from a simple perspective: How do you feel when you give someone a gift or you do something nice for them and they take it for granted and don’t say thank you or show any gratitude in word or deed?
Genesis 8:20-22 captures the scene of Noah’s first activity after leaving the ark. Noah could have been wrapped up with lots of concerns and thoughts about what had just happened because of the world-wide flood or about what should happen next now that they had to start life and civilization all over again, but instead Noah does this:
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. The Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done. While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease.”
God’s blessings come in many forms, shapes, and sizes. We are invited to praise God for all of His gracious gifts. Gratitude in word or deed goes a long way to offering God a right response to His blessings in your life.
Seize the moment and say thank you to God! And remember that often God uses people to give you His many blessings. Be sure to say thanks to the people God uses to bless you along the way.
Let’s recite this week’s memory verse from John 11:25-26, when Jesus proclaims, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”