Reality Check Ahead

Glorify God with thanksgiving.  This will please the LORD. – Psalm 69:30-31

Yesterday, I talked about Rick Warren’s book, The Purpose Driven Life.  If you haven’t read it yet, I would put it on the top of your “Must Read” list.  The book starts off with a bang, the first sentence declaring “It’s not about you.”  Isn’t that audacious?  In our culture today, to tell anyone that they are not the center of the world is a crazy advertising move. 

Ads tell us, “We deserve a break today,” or we can, “Have it your way.”  Most of us, as high school students, would never have taken “selfies, “shared them with friends, and asked for “likes,” for fear of being labeled “conceited” or “stuck up.”  The times have certainly changed.

Thankfully, God’s word never changes.  Words written thousands of years ago, are still true today.  God created us to please Him.  It is pleasing to God when we thank Him and decide to not to have it our way but to go His way, when we recognize that we don’t deserve anything good in our life, but that all good things are instead gifts from Him.

Simply put, our daily thanks and praise pleases God.  When God gets the credit for our good gifts, excellent talents, and great successes, He is glorified, and lifted up.  Then we are in our right place and in a right relationship with God.   From this place we can understand that, “It’s not about me.”

The Power of Giving God Thanks Will Ignite Your Faith and Change Your World!

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