Summary: Nothing demonstrates our brokeness and self-centeredness more than our ungratefulness and the refusal to give thanks. When our eyes are stuck on self we walk around with an attitude of entitlement, quietly comparing ourselves to others and grumbling about God being unfair or uncaring. So often we live having vowed to take things into our own hands or giving up altogether, convinced the odds have been unfairly stacked against us. The ungrateful heart feels justified thinking, if God knew or if He cared He would do things my way. If we are nothing else, we should be thankful. When God doesn't see our gratitude it surprises Him. Thanks lifts our eyes off of ourselves and onto God. Thanks acknowledges His place in our lives and the goodness He brings. Only thanks can bring the quality and approach to life that gives God glory -- Give Thanks.
