Philippians 2:5-8 “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross!”
A positive Spiritual attitude is joyful to God for Christ is light, and in him is no darkness at all. It looks toward the light. It speaks the praise of God and makes others happy. Doing this work will strengthen the best atitude. Throw the windows of the soul wide open heavenward, and let the sunshine of Christ’s righteousness in. Morning, noon, and night your heart may be filled with the bright rays of heaven’s light.”As a Christian I have much to praise God for.Whatever my struggles, whatever my fears, whatever my pains, whatever my losses and disappointments, I have much to be thankful to God. No matter what my immediate situation is, I still have the hope and promise of eternal life in Jesus, the hope and promise that “there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away” (Rev. 21:4). That alone, if nothing else, gives me reasons to praise.
Before we can praise in sincerity, we need to have personally experienced the goodness of the Lord. We need to know for ourselves the reality of God and the reality of God’s love for us as individuals. This is something the Lord will do for anyone and everyone who is open to His leading. It is only our stubborn hearts and carnal natures that keep us from knowing for ourselves the goodness and love of God. And once we come to know that goodness and that love, how could we help but praise the Lord?
Let us learn to live more and more in an attitude of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, despite whatever trials and sufferings we face
