Dear Child,
If you appreciated all My blessings in your life, your heart would overflow with joy! Giving thanks causes you to be reminded of what you are grateful for and this gives you a fresh appreciation.
If you are thankful for My blessings, you will enjoy them, if you take them for granted they will not give you joy, for they will be like a discarded gift.
Enjoy life, it’s My greatest gift, when you enjoy life you have a thankful heart, a thankful heart is pleasing in My sight!
Thus saith Papa
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.(Psalm 5:11)
A modern day psychology book, “The Law of Life” states ” We are not made happy by what we acquire but by what we appreciate!”A survey in the book revealed that we usually take for granted 80% of the blessings in our lives, therefore we are only 20% as happy as we could be! Consequently the degree to which we are thankful determines our happiness.
What has robbed us of our joy especially as Christians? May I suggest a lack of gratitude?
Do you take your blessings for granted or with gratitude?
Since we are only made happy by what we appreciate, why should we wonder, what happened to our joy, when we begin to take the blessings in our lives for granted. Therefore if we want more joy in our lives we need to appreciate more that which the Lord has provided for us. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: (Psalm 103:2)
When we cry unto the Lord, “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;” (Psalm 51:12) we are really crying out for a grateful heart! A complaining heart soon becomes a heart drowning in self-pity that will quench your joy. The fruit of thankfulness is joy and joy results in spiritual strength. …neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. (Neh.8:10)
We bless and please the Lord when we are thankful!
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.(Psalm 69:30)
CHALLENGE: Be thankful lest the enemy steals the joy of the abundant life.
“How can I say thanks for all the things that you have done for me,
Things so undeserved yet you gave to prove your love for me,
The voices of a thousand angels could not express my gratitude,
All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe it all to thee.
To God be the glory for the things He has done.” / Andre Crouch
Read more in my book “Developing a Secret History with God” in chapter nine Pressing into His Presence
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