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Cultivating An Attitude of Gratitude

A good farmer begins by preparing the land and planting the best seeds of whatever crops he wants to harvest. The Biblical saying that you reap what you sow is a law no one can reverse. If you want to reap corn or oranges, you plant corn or oranges. If, for some reason, you want thorns, you plant thorns. You cannot plant a particular crop and hope to reap a different crop type. In the same way, you cannot harvest an attitude of gratitude unless you sow the seeds of thankfulness. The “I,” “Me,” “Mine.” Self-glorification crops we sow today, laced with greed, discontent, and competition, will surely be the fruit of ingratitude we reap tomorrow. We live in a world that offers a gazillion of stuff, unlimited entertainment, instant gratification, and knowledge unparalleled to what we have ever known. Yet, our generation is more ungrateful and dissatisfied than previous generations. We are reaping a bumper harvest of the fruit of ingratitude. Start sowing the seeds of contentment, appreciation, mercy, kindness, generosity, humility, and so forth, and you will reap a harvest of a thankful spirit.

 
 
Rev. Sunday BwanhotAuthor:
Rev. Sunday Bwanhot is a missionary to America serving with SIM/ECWA. He is an Economist by profession and has worked as a Statistician with Kaduna State Government. He later pioneered and managed the Challenge Press of ECWA in Jos before God’s call to pioneer the Prayer Ministry of ECWA in Jos, Nigeria. In 1993, God called him to Chicago as a missionary and has been serving there since 1995 to date. Currently, he pastors ECWA Chicago which he planted and serves as the Chairman of the ECWA USA District Church Council. Loves being a grandpa of 8 grandchildren and enjoys writing.

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