My husband owns his own landscaping business. Recently, he was sharing with me how business was not as busy as usual, though, he still had jobs planned on the books to do.
I reminded him how this time last year we were finishing up building our container home to move into and business for him was a similar pace compared to now.
He then went to his photos app on his phone and scrolled to last year at the same month and saw the projects he was working on. (He collects photos of his projects to reference back on.) He realized it was, in fact, similar of a pace as last year. Then he saw how projects increased more as Fall settled in.
I heard the Lord say in that moment, “if I have bought you this far, then I’ll continue to remain faithful in days to come. Trust me.”
(Prophetic Word in Video Format)
Reflecting back on God’s faithfulness to us in the past, even just one year ago, and seeing how far we’ve come with our lives since moving back to Texas, both of us could only have thankful hearts towards God.
We can either see the lack in our situation and focus on what we don’t have yet, or we can reflect on God’s faithfulness and view our lives through grateful eyes.
Ungrateful hearts complain and lose sight of God’s provision for them, no matter how that provision looks, and forget how good that they actually have it. When we complain or even curse our current situation because it’s not where we think we should be in life, then we’ve only attracted to our lives things that rob and steal from us.
Our hearts and words have that much power.
But if we are genuinely grateful in our hearts and share our thankfulness to God, it’s placing our belief and faith in His goodness and faithfulness. This pleases His heart. Being thankful with your situation, where you are at now, brings blessings and open doors.
If you’re struggling to be thankful remember back on God’s faithfulness. David would cry out for help reminding God of His faithfulness.
“Do not withhold your mercy from me Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.”
Psalm 40:11