Count Your Blessings

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When you count your blessings, it means you’re being grateful. It helps you recognise and admit God’s favour and mercies even over little things in life, that would’ve possibly been overlooked.

It makes you more and more positive and optimistic. Simply because, you can’t be pessimistic and grateful at the same time. You can’t be murmuring and thanking simultaneously.

God led the people of Israel miraculously out of the land of Egypt. Their eyes saw wonders that no one had ever seen before nor after till date.

·       The Red Sea was parted so they could cross over the dry land, the same Red Sea drowned the Egyptians.

·       God fed them with manna throughout their journey in the wilderness.

·       He was their pillar of fire by night and pillar of cloud by day.

·       Lifting of Moses’ hands brought victory to Israelites from the Amalekites.

·       He provided quails to satisfy their cravings.

·       He made the bitter waters sweet.

·       He brought water out of the rock.

·       The ground opened and swallowed those who questioned Moses’ and Aaron’s leadership.

·       Merely looking at the bronze snake hung on the pole brought healing to the people.

And the list goes on.

If only, the people of Israel had counted their blessings!

Oh! They counted only their problems and kept murmuring against Moses and God. And as they focused on their problems, their faith kept wavering, rather diminishing. They failed to realise that the Almighty God who did wonders for them in the past is all able to provide a solution to any and every problem they would ever face.  

How are we today? Are we focussing on our problems or are we counting our blessings?

Don’t wait, #countyourblessings and #thankGodforeverything.

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 (Psalms 103:1-2).

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