Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:18
Regardless of our circumstances, it is God’s will for us to remain thankful. That does not mean that we thank God for everything — when difficult circumstances confront us, we don’t run around wildly thanking God for them like some kind of spiritual masochist — but we thank God in everything. In other words, we remain thankful to God for all he has done and is doing for us.
We stay thankful because we know that, even through the difficult circumstances, God has an overarching plan for our lives that will not be diverted. Having an attitude of thanksgiving is like having a disaster insurance policy — it prevents us from being thrown off course by life’s mishaps. Thanksgiving has the power to take us into our destiny in Christ.
MOMENT OF REFLECTION
How can you become more like Christ by expressing gratitude?