27/11/2025
God is worthy of our thanks and praise.
1 Chronicles 16:34
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
When we were children, our parents taught us to give thanks to people who gave us something or who did something nice for us. We were told that this was the polite thing to do. The Bible tells us that it’s important for us to give thanks to God. We don’t give Him thanks because it’s polite, we thank God because He is good and deserves our thanks and praise. He loves us with a perfect, unconditional love that never ends. The Bible reminds us that every good and perfect gift we have is from our heavenly Father (James 1:17). When we stop to think about all the blessings that we receive from Him, we can’t help but be grateful. Not only does He bless us with His mercy, grace, forgiveness and promise of eternal life, but He also blesses us throughout each day with His guidance, protection and perfect peace. Even our clothes, food and shelter, family and friends are ours because of His love for us. Especially in stressful, painful times it’s good for us to thank Him for His love and goodness to us. Let’s not delay; let’s make today a day of thanksgiving to God when we take time to specifically identify, think about and thank God for the many blessings that He has given us.