Hello everyone,
There are many things in life that we feel we could put in more effort in order to get a better result, but even when we put more effort into that thing, we don’t get a better result. First of all, what are those things? Recently, I’ve been talking about having the spirit of thanksgiving in everything we do, now one of these things is thanksgiving. As I said from the beginning of the year that we need to have the spirit of thanksgiving and gratitude in everything we do. I emphasised that God wants us to give thanks in everything, but it appears we do not do so all through the year, and as I said it is paramount that we give thanks in everything and at every time. But when we see this as very important, we then feel we need to put in more effort, but the extra effort put doesn’t improve the situation, so what could be wrong?
Starting from 1 Thessalonians 5:16, Apostle Paul told the Thessalonians that they should rejoice always, and then they should pray without ceasing (the praying without ceasing is having a better relationship with God/Jesus, having an open mind to God as you live), then Paul went ahead to say in everything we should give thanks. But many of us must have tried to ensure we rejoice always, pray without ceasing and give thanks for everything, but it becomes a tough thing to accomplish. The reason why this is so is that it is not possible to do so by yourself, in other words, there is no effort you put in that would make you have a spirit of thanksgiving. So how can this be accomplished?
Jesus, when He spoke to the woman of Samaria in the Gospel of John, said in chapter 4:24, “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” The truth is that anything that has to do with God must be done from the spirit realm, to elaborate further, the moment you receive Christ as Lord and saviour, Jesus became your life as the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of Jesus is perfect and without fault, and just as Jesus said the Son can do nothing of Himself, but that which He sees the Father do is that which He does, [ref.: John 5:19], is the same way we allow the Spirit of Jesus take over our lives, in other words, we die so that He takes over.
As we yield ourselves more to Jesus, the character and attitude of Jesus start to get portrayed in our day to day activities through the fruit of the Spirit. It is only one who allows the Spirit of Jesus to flow through Him that can rejoice always, pray without ceasing and give thanks in all things because it is not of your ability but the ability of Jesus in you.
In order to live the life God wants you to live, yield more to Jesus by allowing Him to work through you, because, no matter how hard you try, you will never meet up to God’s standards, but in Christ, He would do every perfect thing through you.
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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