The Contented Life Daily DevotionalSample

Give Thanks!

You likely have passwords to protect your devices; you may even have an app that helps you keep track of those passwords! Some of the most used passwords are 12345 or 123456. That just might be one of yours!

Passwords give you private access to what you consider valuable. The word 'thanks' is the password into God's Presence, a simple and powerful word. When you come into His Presence with thanksgiving, there is a recognition that it is in Him you live and move and have your being (Acts 17:28). You might find yourself discontent if you are living to impress others with your talents instead of giving glory to God. Thankfulness helps you release yourself from discontentment and from trying to impress yourself and others with your abilities and accomplishments. It pushes the reset button back to giving God the glory for what you have, what you have accomplished, and your hopes for the future.

John Henry Jowett, a British minister, said, "Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic." And Dante Rosetti, an English poet and painter, said, "The worst moment for the atheist is when he is thankful and has nobody to thank." Let today be the day that you begin to use the password of thanks and enter the joy of living in a daily place of contentment.

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By: Cheryl Koop