A Moment With Godনমুনা

TANK FULL or THANKFUL?

O give thanks to the Lord. Let us thank the Lord for His goodness and faithfulness. Our Lord is mindful of each one of us.

If one has to offer thanks it has to be spontaneous, it has to come from a willing heart and has to be cheerful.

Why don't many people thank the Lord?

Are we grumpy and complaining people? Or are we cheerful and thankful people?

Some people find it so difficult to thank the Lord because they are so full of themselves - their work, their family, their desires, their likes, their health, their passion. Everything is about them. In thanksgiving, it is not that we are full of ourselves, we need to be full of God.

What does giving thanks mean?

• It means that we require humility. We need to realize there is someone greater than us. Humanly, many of us find it difficult to thank others. We expect others to thank us. The Psalmist does not say we should thank God only when we receive some blessing. He says: Give thanks to the Lord.
• Thanksgiving is not result-centered. It is relationship-centered. The very person, God, is reason enough for us to thank Him. We need not look at the blessing to thank the Lord as the blessing is the Lord Himself.

Nothing can ever satisfy some people, nothing can ever put a smile on their face. Do we have time to pause and thank the Lord? Amidst our busyness, our stresses, is it even possible?

But, let us remember to give thanks to the Lord. A tank full of thankfulness.

It makes us humble, keeps us cheerful, grateful and positive. It makes us pleasant people to live with. Our complaints and grumbling can be turned into thanksgiving. When we thank the Lord, it deepens our relationship with Him. It helps us to be Christ-centered and not self-centered.

A thankful person is one who is full of thanks. Let us take a minute, not to ask the Lord for anything, but to give Him thanks for all that we have and for all the blessings that we cannot see. Let us bless His name with a grateful heart and a song of praise.

When we thank the Lord, it enriches us and it also enables us to see the hand of God in all situations. We read in the Scriptures that thanksgiving is relationship centered and result centered.

We might be beset with challenging circumstances or difficult situations, but let us not look around or inside. Let us look upward and keep thanking the Lord.

A tank full of thankfulness makes a thankful person.