Thanksgiving – everyday

What does it mean if we are consistent everyday, maybe every morning first thing, in sharing so compassionately with our Heavenly Father how thankful we are for his protection of our family from evil yesterday and through the night, for yesterdays blessing of accomplishments and successes, for the blessing of health our family received, for the very special joy we received as he enlightened our heart with a refreshed perception of the awareness of his loving presence and the list continues?

It is simple. It means that yesterday we asked him for his blessings and protection for ourselves and our family and hopefully throughout the entire day as we walked in loving oneness with Jesus through his Spirit.

This speaks to us also if we are not occupied daily in giving thanks to God from our heart. It could mean that our confidence actually rests somewhere else. This of course is not where we want to be because we stand vulnerable to attack and also that we are standing firm and confident that we are sufficient in ourselves for the day’s tasks and encounters unless……….oops something happens. And only then we begin to seek God’s care which reveals most sadly that we probably are not walking with Jesus in intimate companionship today and apparently we were not yesterday. It appears that we could be ignoring the Spirit who “jealously longs for us to be faithful” as James says. Maybe we have been preoccupied with the world and are also finding our confidence for the day in the things that are visible to us through our fleshly eyes rather than being continually occupied with the Spirit’s comforting, guiding, loving presence and also truly resting in God to care for us and provide for us through the eyes of our faith. Paul says in Ephesians. “let the Holy Spirit fill and control you. Then you will sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, making music to the Lord in your hearts. And you will always give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
How revealing our thankfulness or thanklessness can be regarding where our heart is.