| “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” |
| —Colossians 3:16 |
Each day offers us an opportunity for gratitude. Perhaps we remain thankful for our families, our relationships with friends, our jobs, our homes, our churches, and a host of other people and things that are a part of our lives. How we respond in genuine thanksgiving says a lot about how much we value those people and things for which we are thankful.
The Apostle Paul recognized how important it was for new Christians to find an appropriate expression for the gratitude they naturally felt when they came to realize the truth about the great gift of love and forgiveness that God had given them in His precious Son, Jesus. So, Paul offers these words of instruction in Colossians 3:16:
Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
As we begin another day of life, lets allow the reality of Christ’s Presence, through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, to so fill us with such overwhelming gratitude that we will burst out in song. As we express our gratitude to God, surely He will be pleased to know how grateful we really are to Him for who He is and for what He has done and continues to do for us.
Based on a blog originally posted on Friday, November 25, 2016
