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Thankfulness, March 16
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
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There is much needless worrying, much trouble of mind, over things that
cannot be helped. The Lord would have His children put their trust fully in
Him. Our Lord is a just and righteous God. His children should acknowledge
His goodness and His justice in the large and the small things of life. Those
who cherish the spirit of worry and complaint are refusing to recognize His
guiding hand. Needless anxiety is a foolish thing; and it hinders us from
standing in a true position before God.
When the Holy Spirit comes into the soul, there will be no desire to
complain and murmur because we do not have everything we want; rather, we
will thank God from a full heart for the blessings that we have. There is great
need of more thankfulness among our workers today; and until they have this
spirit they will be unprepared for a place in the kingdom of heaven. There
is a mighty work to be done for every one of us. We comprehend but little
of what God desires to work out through us. We should seek to realize the
breadth of His plans, and profit by every lesson that He [has] tried to teach us.
A great deal of mischief is wrought in the imagination of our own hearts
and minds when we seek to carry our own way contrary to the law of kindness.
Here is where many fail. We do not cultivate a disposition to kindness; we
want everything to come in an easy way to ourselves. But the question of
greatest importance to each one of us should be not how we can carry our
own plans against the plans of others, but how we can have the power to live
for Christ every day. Christ came to earth and gave His life that we might
have eternal salvation. He wants to encircle each of us with the atmosphere of
heaven, that we may give to the world an example that will honor the religion
of Christ.—
Loma Linda Messages, 602
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