As my little daughter is growing she
loves to do what others do. Usually I take her to a ground nearby my house
where young people play football. Once she saw that she imitate the way they
move their feet to hit the ball and she tries that with the ball she has in our
home. So in the recent past, daily I took her to the same ground and she used
to run here and there and play with her ball in the ground itself.
Yesterday I returned back late from
my work and she didn’t expect me to take her out. But then I just wanted to
take her to the ground because I felt she will be happy if she plays there for
some time. So I took her to the ground and she was busy playing with the ball.
All in a sudden as she was running
behind the ball she stopped and asked me to come near to her. As I went near to
her she gave me a kiss which touched my heart. Then she went on to play. At the
same moment, Holy Spirit asked me a question. He asked, “Have you ever done
this to your Heavenly Father?”
My one and half year old daughter
kissed me because she loved me for what I did to make her happy. She did it
with love and as a part of conveying her thanks to me. If she would have
thought that it was my duty to do these things to her, she might have never
kissed me.
When Holy Spirit asked me that
question, my answer was no. Many a times God has done so many miraculous and
wonderful things in my life. He did that to make me happy and live in peace.
But for certain things I thanked Him and for other things I had never expressed
my love or thanks to Him. I had received His blessings and then I moved on
without expressing anything to Him.
Even in our lives we do the same. We
fail to express our love and thanks to our Heavenly Father. We think it’s His
duty to bless us and hear our prayers. Holy Spirit wants us to understand that
it was not like that. God had sent His only son not because it’s His duty to
save the world. He had sent His only son because He loved us so much. Even
today God is pouring out His blessings upon us through His grace because He
loves us so much.
Have we ever expressed our love that
we have upon Him to Him? Do we remember what God has done for us and do we
thank Him for that or we move on as if nothing special has happened?
Jacob was a young man who fled in
fear of his life from his brother Esau. As he ran, God appeared to him in a
dream and gave His promise. He was happy about it and so made a vow and he moved
on. Years passed. God protected him and blessed him abundantly. When he
returned back to the same place in which God appeared to Him, Bible says in Genesis 35:7, “And he
built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God appeared
to him when he fled from the face of his brother.”
Biblical scholars say
that he returned back to that same place nearly after 30 years. But yet he
obeyed God’s word, built an altar there, fulfilled His vow and honoured God.
My dear young friend,
God might have blessed you when you were in a desperate situation. You might
have made a vow but yet you had forgotten everything as you are carried away by
the blessings you received. Today God wants you to express your love and thanksgiving
to Him. Fulfil your vow and surely God will bless you much more.
Love God with all your
heart. Show your love that you have upon God by obeying Him in all things. You
will be blessed and today God promises that your generation will also be blessed.
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