As you see what’s happening in the world today, you see what’s happening in the Middle East, for example. You see what’s happening among people who are longing for their next meal or glad to be alive one more day. You know, they have a lot to be thankful for, but you and I never know what a new day will bring. We never know whether tragedy will strike, sickness will hit, an accident will take place in our lives or the life of a loved one. So we’ve gotta be just as thankful every day for the day because no other day is guaranteed. We can’t brag about tomorrow. We gotta just make it through today and be grateful for the grace of God that’s given us today.
So let’s make gratitude a way of life. In fact, let’s not be like Israel. God delivered them from Egypt, and they spent all that time in the wilderness grumbling and complaining, and that complaining was one of the reasons they didn’t make it to the Promised Land, because they were so ungrateful for what God had done that they weren’t able to get to what God yet wanted to do. Don’t block your future with ingratitude. That’s not recognizing what God has done with your past and what he’s doing in your present.
Psalm 110:4-5 reads:
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” KJV