Thankfulness Prepares Your Heart

Devotional Reading: “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” Psalm 107:1KJV

Thankfulness is one of the most powerful tools in making our hearts both soft to the seed of God’s word and filled with abundant joy. Thanksgiving aligns our thoughts and emotions with the reality of God’s goodness in a world wrought with lies about the character of God. It breeds joy and trust rather than entitlement and negativity. With each declaration of thankfulness you dig a shovel into the hard, rocky soil of your heart and churn it over until it becomes receptive to the fullness of God and filled with the fruit of the Spirit.

You see, reading through the Bible we will discover that it is laden with commands and not suggestion to always be thankful. And in God’s command he reveals his heart.

From our anchor text we learn in Psalm 107 that our thankfulness is meant to be a response to the steadfast love of our heavenly Father. Thankfulness is meant to be the overflow of remembering, encountering and mulling over how our God is abundantly faithful and filled with unconditional love for us.

Therefore, take time today to reflect on the faithful and loving character of your heavenly Father. Allow his goodness to cause thankfulness to well up within you. May your time in guided prayer be filled with a transformational encounter with God and cultivate good soil that bears the fruit of an abundant life.

Prayer and Confession
Jesus I commit today that my response always to your unfailing love is to say thank you.

Further Reading: Ephesians 5:20, 1Thessalonians 5:18, Philippians 4:6