There are so many benefits that we enjoy in this life and it is always incumbant on us to give thanks and live with a gratitude mentality. All these things are given by our heavenly Father and are intended ultimately to draw our undivided attention, devotion and surrender to Him. Yes, He mercifully and generously gives; our needs and wants are gloriously met; and His desire is that we come to know Him, that we should seek God the Giver of all good things, first.
Psalm 27 says, "The Lord is my light and my salvation, ...my stronghold. ...My heart says of You, 'Seek His face!' Your face, Lord, I will seek."
To seek Him for him and not just for what He can do. This pleases God and should be our primary motive and passion.
One of the great Puritans said it this way:
My God, Thou hast helped me to see that whatever good there be in honor and rejoicing,
How good is He who gives them, and can withdraw them.
That blessedness does not lie so much in receiving good from and in Thee, but
In holding forth Thy Glory and Virtue:
That it is an amazing thing
To see Deity in a creature, speaking, acting, filling, shining through it;
That nothing is good but Thee,
That I am near good when I am near Thee,
That to be like Thee is a glorious thing:
THIS IS MY MAGNET, MY ATTRACTION!!!!
May He align all that we are, in order that the focus and primary pursuit of our life endeavors be Him, first, and Him alone.
Determined to move closer to The Center, The One, who is our Life!
Blessings,
Mitch
