Why Give Thanks?

Here is an excerpt from a book that was recently given to me: The Power of Thanksgiving

"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." 1 Chronicles 16:34

It's not hard to accept that even something God says once in scripture is meaningful. But what does it mean when He tells us the same thing over and over? The words of the above verse appear dozens of times. Think God's trying to get something critical through to us?

Though God tells us repeatedly that He is good and His love never ends, it's strange, isn't it that every time a war starts, we start questioning the first assertion. Is God really good if bad things happen? Has His love changed? If life isn't going our way, we easily ignore the culpability of humans and throw the blame right on God.

Maybe God repeated this scripture so often because He knows how badly we need it. Satan has such an easy time tricking us that we need to keep reality directly in front of us. So over and over, God reminds us of His true nature.

This is a good verse to memorize, because when Satan starts attacking, we can ask ourselves, Why should we give thanks to the Lord? And we'll have the answer, For He is good and His love endures forever!

Whether our present circumstances are joyful or sad, God still remains faithful. He provides for our needs even if we don't get the lavish things we'd prefer. And He always provides generous spiritual blessings for those who trust in Him.

We can always cling to Jesus and be blessed.
AT
"In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other..." Ecclesiastes 7:14