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Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither
glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but
their thinking became futile and their foolish
hearts were darkened.
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November
18 Futility Without Thanks
It would seem to make sense that those who
know of God would acknowledge Him with reverence
and thanks. This is not the case however
as many people see the evidence of God every day
in their eyes but choose to ignore Him and don't
offer thanks.
When we don't give thanks to God our thinking
becomes futile because we imagine that what
we've accomplished we have done on our own.
We look around and think about what we have
achieved and what we have bought and built with
the money we have earned.
"A fool and his money are soon parted" is not
a biblical proverb but can be applied to
thanksgiving nevertheless. When we
acknowledge God as the source of all we have, we
are more careful with what God has entrusted us
because we know that God can take it away at any
moment.
Fools and futile thinkers squander their
resources because they believe they have the
earned the right to do as they please.
They foolishly assume that because they are the
source of their wealth, there will always be
more. Once they discover that their wealth
comes from God and they should be giving thanks
to Him for it, it is often too late. |
