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thankful for his goodness

 


1 Peter 2:9  NLT

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.


November is always a time of giving thanks as well as the celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday.  Maybe you have watched the last several years how some people take each day and share what they are thankful for.


I have done that.  But more often I will simply focus on being thankful, thinking about what gratitude looks like and how it works in my life.  It does.  Being thankful changes us.  It will change how we see things.  It will change how we respond to others and to our struggles.


Thankfulness gives us a view of God that is more clear and most likely more accurate than at any other time.  I pray we will find ourselves being thankful even when we aren’t thinking about it.


There has been a song going through my head.  This one is powerful.  No really about being thankful but it is.  I believe that the goodness of our God and being thankful for connected to each other.


Read these lyrics and check to see if you think they are connected…


GOODNESS OF GOD by Bethel Music


I love You, Lord

For Your mercy never failed me

All my days, I've been held in Your hands

From the moment that I wake up

Until I lay my head

Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God


And all my life You have been faithful

And all my life You have been so, so good

With every breath that I am able

Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God


I love Your voice

You have led me through the fire

And in darkest night You are close like no other

I've known You as a Father

I've known You as a Friend

And I have lived in the goodness of God, yeah! …


'Cause Your goodness is running after, it's running after me

Your goodness is running after, it's running after me

With my life laid down, I'm surrendered now

I give You everything…


And all my life You have been so, so good

With every breath that I am able

Oh, I'm gonna sing of the goodness of God

Oh, I'm gonna sing of the goodness of God


Now, that is good.  You have to agree with that.  Maybe you need to hear it.  Maybe you need to find yourself where I did last Sunday evening at a meeting where the ones leading worship were belting this out.  I mean, it was powerful.


May we be so thankful, so overcome with the goodness of God that we can see it, feel it and have to share it.  I have said it before, many times, God is good!

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