ARE YOU GRATEFUL?
God created us to walk in love. We were made in the Image of the God whose Nature and Character is love (1 John 4:8). We also established five hindrances to walking in love which are: Negative human actions or reactions, personal challenges of life and confrontations, the plague of selfishness or self-contentedness, the spell of weariness or tiredness, and the challenge of distance from God.
SCRIPTURE: But thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.1 Corinthians 15:57.
Now, the question is, what is the solution to all these challenges so we can walk in love? The solution is rooted in the word, Realization. This means, there are things you must realize in order to walk in love. The question, then is, what are you to realize? Realize that for every ungrateful person, there is a grateful person waiting to be helped. One thing to know is, for every ungrateful person you encounter, there is a grateful person waiting to be helped. For every Oprah, there is a Ruth waiting to be touched.
In Ruth 1:14, we saw the story of Ruth and Oprah. Oprah kissed her mother-in-law and disappeared, but Ruth clung to her mother-in-law. I have encountered many ungrateful persons, and I have also encountered grateful people whose attitude and gratitude wiped off the memory of the actions of the ungrateful people.
Beloved, the question for you is: are you a grateful or an ungrateful person? Has the attitude of ungratefulness from you ever shut a door of opportunity to both you and other people? Are you grateful to God for all He has done for you?
The truth is, when you become ungrateful, you shut further doors of opportunity against yourself. Gods servant, Bishop Oyedepo, once said, Appreciation is the application for more. When you are grateful to both God and to men, you have positioned yourself to get greater opportunities, privileges and blessings. May the spell pf ingratitude be broken out of your life, in Jesus Name.
(WHAT WE SHOULD DO):
Refuse the spell of ungratefulness and ingratitude.
Always thank God for His Help. Thank also, the vessels He has used to help you.