We enter another season of Thanksgiving, overeating with family and friends, feasting on turkey and all the fixings. It is also a time that we give thanks. Giving thanks is not reserved only for Thanksgiving Day, however. The Bible teaches us to live a life of thanksgiving.
Paul writes in Colossians 3:15 (NIV) “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful”. It is a way of life! It is an Attitude of Gratitude.
Hebrews 12:28 (NIV) states: “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe”. Again—an ATTITUDE of Gratitude.
Paul states in Colossians 2:7 (NIV) “…continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness”. “Overflowing” does not imply one-day only, it implies every day, every hour, every minute.
So, as we celebrate Thanksgiving this year, grateful that we are once again able to gather with family and friends, let us rededicate ourselves to a new level of thankfulness. One that exists not only for one day in November, but every day. Let gratitude define who we are and how we act. Let our new Attitude of Gratitude shine brightly on all that we encounter, every day.
I Found Him in a field of wild turkeys.