Col 1:3 We always
pray for you and we give thanks to God...v11b-12 May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert
mind and a thankful heart.
The apostle Paul is very grateful to God for being
gracious to him, for rescuing him and giving him all he needed. Paul expresses
his thanks both to God in prayer and to his brothers and sisters in Christ on
numerous occasions in his letters and we can be certain he also thanked people
face to face. He recognised that even if some had a duty to give to him he was
still thankful. Thankfulness was not an afterthought but a lifestyle. Paul was
generous and gave himself wholeheartedly in serving others and yet some who had
benefitted from his ministry didn’t seem to be very appreciative. He, on the
other hand was very grateful to those who helped him. It is too easy to take
people’s help and generosity for granted, just because people have helped us in
the past we must not be less thankful, but more making sure we express it with our
lips. It is easier to grumble and complain but let us choose instead to let God
and those around us hear our grateful thanks.
Father may we not
neglect to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the wonderful things you
have done and even for the hard things we have endured to make us more like
you.
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