Our gratitude should fuel our grititude.
Our present privilege informs our present duty.
The grace we have received is the grace to go further.
1 Corinthians 15:10
By the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
God initiates; we respond.
He gives; we receive.
He pours into; we pour out.
Colossians 1:29
I also labour, striving according to His working, which worketh in me mightily.
When God is at work in someone, He is often observed working through them.
Where God works mightily, saints work with all their might.
Where God abides, the saints strive.
We do not work to gain God's favor, but from the fact that, in Christ, we already have it. We are privileged to be the recipients of His favor and demonstrate our thanksgiving through our living.
When we open our eyes to our blessings, we apply ourselves to our work.
Where we consider what's been done for us, we consider what to do for others.
Philippians 2:3-5
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.
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