Living a Life of Gratitude

Meditations in First Corinthians 

May 3, 2022 

Living a Life of Gratitude

What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift?

1 Corinthians 4:7b

Read: 1 Corinthians 4:6-13

This is my twelfth mediation on 1 Corinthians, and at least a dozen times Paul has been contrasting his call to seek the life in Christ as our way of life, to living according to the standards of the world’s culture. He will touch on this again tomorrow, and on Thursday when we reach chapter five, Paul’s concern will reach its crescendo.

Today, in the verse quoted above, Paul lays a solid foundation for keeping our eyes on Jesus and not on the world’s way of doing things. All we have is a gift from God, and as we live our lives in gratitude to God for his provision and care for us, we can better fight the allure of going along to get along in the world.

My Takeaway: Do you practice quiet meditation before God? I believe learning to sit quietly with God, learning to listen for the Holy Spirit’s leading in our life is essential to making the life in Christ our way of life. One exercise I find helpful is to ask God to show me whether my interactions with family, friends and neighbors reflect the ways of Christ, or the ways of the world.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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