Thankfulness

From: CareLines: Volume 2 By: Paul J. Pascoe

1 Thessalonians 5:18 • 1 min. read • grade level: 5

1TH 5:18¹⁸In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

In every thing give thanks.

1 Thess. 5:18¹⁸In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

“Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.”

Need we say more? No matter what circumstance we find ourselves in we can always thank God for His incredible gift - the gift of His own Son, the Lord Jesus. Nothing compares to this. Our salvation cost God His only Son. In order for us to get to heaven God gave His Son and punished Him on Calvary’s cross for our sins. That should be enough to make us thank Him in every situation.

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DEU 7:7-8⁷The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: ⁸But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:7‑8)

The Lord did not set His love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people . . . but because the Lord loved you.

Deut. 7:7, 8⁷The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: ⁸But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:7‑8)

This was spoken about Israel, but we can take it for ourselves. When we see the vast majority of people leading godless lives, we can find joy and comfort in the fact that God loved us so much that He chose us to belong to Him - not because we were better, or had more numbers, or more brains, or more money. No. Just simply because He loved us.

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