"Attitude of Gratitude" -2

"I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD." (Psalms 116:17)

 Before we can totally comprehend the magnitude of God's perfect love, we must understand what grace is and why it must be something we have not earned or are entitled to have received. Grace is us getting that which do not deserve; we cannot earn it, no matter how hard we try or how good we are at working for it, it is freely given by God that we might walk it out in our lives. I know what you might be thinking, that if this is all about being rescued from death, then what does grace have to do with that, isn't that all about mercy? That is the beauty of God's great love towards us, in that He does not just rescue us from death, but He gives us life, abundantly, above and beyond anything that we could have ever asked for. For me, that is what the second portion of the verse above represents; the whole point about us calling upon the name of the LORD is to respond to His great love. It is us doing that which He has called us to, with a sacrifice of thanksgiving. We do not serve Him to earn anything, everything that He has to give for us has already been given! This is all about us spending all that has been place in our account; but with one amazing difference, that it never gets spent! The more we spend of it, the greater the quantity of the gift gets added. It is a lot like love, because the more love we pure out through our lives, the more of God's love gets poured into us...

""Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink- even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk -it's all free! Why spend money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food.""
(Isaiah 55:1-2) NLT