Day 284 - How Can we Thank God for His Blessings?

Today's Reading: Jer. 15-16 and Ps. 116

I love this question that we find in Psalm 116:12. "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?"

Have you thought about that? Have you thought about all the blessings that God gives you day after day? Of course, we should be paying our tithes and offerings, we should be giving Him the allegiance of our hearts... but what else do we give Him?

This thought from Inspiration is beautiful and reminds us why we need to look back and review God's blessing and leading in our lives:

The Christian should often review his past life and recall with gratitude the precious deliverances that God has wrought for him, supporting him in trial, opening ways before him when all seemed dark and forbidding, refreshing him when ready to faint. He should recognize all of them as evidences of the watchcare of heavenly angels. In view of these innumerable blessings he should often ask, with subdued and grateful heart, “What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me?” Psalm 116:12. 

Our time, our talents, our property, should be sacredly devoted to Him who has given us these blessings in trust. Whenever a special deliverance is wrought in our behalf, or new and unexpected favors are granted us, we should acknowledge God’s goodness, not only by expressing our gratitude in words, but, like Jacob, by gifts and offerings to His cause. As we are continually receiving the blessings of God, so we are to be continually giving. (From Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 187)

Think of it this way... when we love someone, our natural desire is to give! What can we give the Lord to show our love?

Tomorrow's Reading: Jer. 17-18 and John 7