4-16

4-16

I am calling you to a life of thankfulness. I want all your moments to be punctuated with thanksgiving. The basis for your gratitude is my sovereignty. I am the creator and controller of the universe. Heaven and earth are filled with my glorious presence.

When you criticize or complain, you are acting as if you think you could run the world better than I do. From your limited human perspective, it may look as if I’m mismanaging things. But you don’t know what I know or see what I see. If I pulled back the curtain to allow you to view heavenly realms, you would understand much more. However, I have designed you to live by faith, not by sight. I lovingly shield you from knowing the future or seeing into the spirit world. Acknowledge my sovereignty by giving thanks in all circumstances.

我呼籲你過一種感恩的生活。我希望你所有的時刻都充滿感恩。你感恩的基礎是我的至高無上。我是宇宙的創造者和掌控者。天地充滿了我的榮耀的同在。

你批評或抱怨時，你表現得好像你認為你可以比我管理這個世界做得更好。從你有限的人類視角來看，可能看起來像我在管理事物方麵出了問題。但是你不知道我知道什麽，也看不到我所看到的。如果我拉開窗簾讓你看到天堂的境界，你就會更多地理解。然而，我設計你憑信心而不是憑眼見生活。我充滿愛心地保護你不知道未來或看到靈界。在所有情況下，感恩並承認我的至高無上。