10/11/2026
Take stock and be grateful.
Make it a habit that you are addicted to often take stocks of the goodness and benefits of the faithfulness of God in your life. In so doing you are setting yourself up for ceaseless pleasant and marvelous blessings. There was a man in the bible that epitomized someone that was addicted to the habit of gratitude to God. This very virtue made him to be renowned as a man after God’s own heart. Which also led to his being blessed to be an ancestor of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His heart of gratitude to God qualified him to be a prominent member of the lineage of the Messiah.
He wrote thus: “Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.” Psalm 103:1-5
In another instance amongst many such instances in David’s life, he wrote: “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” Psalm 34:1-8. The exuberance of King David in recognition and appreciation of God’s faithfulness ought to be emulated by every believer in Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior.
Beloved, do you often take stock of the goodness and faithfulness of God in your life. If yes, great, if not you ought to henceforth, for in so doing you are moving the hand of God to do more for you. All the good things that are happening in your life are not by coincidences but the mighty hand of God working in your favor, dare to recognize and appreciate them. Praising Him with thanks given for the living God always inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3) and thereby command more blessings. Consciously and deliberately, take stock today and at least every week, thanking God for what He has done, what He is doing and what He is yet to do in your life (1 Thessalonians 5:18). Always be mindful of the fact that in the true sense of it. The blessings you see or noted are pale in comparison to manifold blessings that you do not even know that the Lord has done for you, they are almost innumerable. Have a wonderful day and remain blessed in Christ Jesus. Grace and wisdom be multiplied to you in Jesus` name.