Everyone likes hearing
good news and having good things happen to them. We will praise God for the
“big” things in our lives, but have you ever said, “Praise God for this
moment!”? Thank Him for being able to wake up, get out of bed, enjoy His
creation, and His people. We need to recognize and express our gratitude for
being alive at this very time in history.
In what is known as the
Lord’s Prayer it says, “Give us this day
our daily bread” Most of us would say the most important part of this verse
was the “bread”. We have to eat right? Some would say it is “give us”. We
do need the Lord’s provision and help in meeting our daily needs, but I believe
the most important part of this model prayer is “this day”. God will supply,
and you’ll have bread again, but never this day to repeat. Do we live our lives
with this type of mentality? We need to focus on what we have instead of what
we don’t have, and give God the glory.
I’m afraid we don’t do a
very good job at this. We worry about so many things that we can’t even focus
on this moment. Instead we focus on money, our jobs, family, bills, and our
stuff a lot more than about how we are going to glorify God each day.
May we remember to
praise Him more, and begin today! Amen?