Give Thanks!

Christians have to be on guard constantly against sin. In 2 Timothy 3:2-5, Paul told of a time coming when men would be “…lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; and avoid such men as these.” Something in this list I have not thought much about before is ingratitude or “ungrateful.” Most would not say that ingratitude is sinful, though perhaps they would pronounce it rude and bad manners. Paul said it’s more than that; to be an ungrateful person is to be on the same plane as the other things listed in the passage, things we would not hesitate to announce as sinful. As we go about our lives warring against the ways of sin, let us always be grateful for the blessings in our lives and not let ingratitude bring us down!