READ: PSALM48:1-5
Do you have
a grateful heart? Do you always thank God for all that He has done for you? In
every situation there is something to thank God for. In the story of the widow
of Zarephath, in 1 Kings 17:8-16, she had said she had nothing at home, she
later discovered that there was a bottle of oil. In the case of Bartmaeus, in
Mark 10:46-52, he had a loud voice. He was a beggar who had something to thank
God for. Whatever may be your situation, you have, at least, one thing to thank
God for. Are you hopeless? Jesus is alive. The fact that God is alive should
imbue you with hope. Jesus said, in John 14:19, that because He lives, we will
live also. Because Jesus Christ lives, I will live also. When there is life,
there is hope. Because Jesus Christ lives, I can face tomorrow. Because Jesus
Christ lives, I know that my tomorrow will be all right. In John 16:33, Jesus
Christ said that in this world there would be tribulations but that we should
be of good cheer because He had overcome the world. The word of God says, in
Romans 8:37, that in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him
that loves us. Because we have Jesus, we shall overcome. It does no matter what
the situation may look like now, your testimony will come soon. The moment you
begin to appreciate and thank God for what He has done for you, you will be
enlivened spiritually to believe God fro your present needs. No situation is so
bad that God cannot change for good. Don’t allow what you may be going through
today to make you write yourself off. Do not limit yourself. You can identify
your possibilities and turn your weakness into strength.
MEMORIZE:
PHILIPPIANS3:12 –Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but
I press on , that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid
hold of me.
