There are all kinds of questions we could ask God, but there is one that we don’t ask often enough. It is not  some esoteric or theological question. No, it is a deeply personal question and it is one that David asked of God in 2 Samuel 7:18. God had just told David how He was going to bless Him and His family, and that the savior would come through His lineage. In response, David asked a question that all of us should ask of God.

Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said: “Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?

As I read David’s question I thought of all the things that God had done for me in my 64 years. Children who love Jesus, the opportunities He has given me, the grace I have experienced, the hope I have in the future, the friends He has given and the opportunities to serve Him that I have had. I could go on but here is the point. Like David, we ought to be in absolute awe that God has showered us with His grace, love, and gifts. 

More than that, the fact is that we don’t deserve any of it. David knew that, which is why he said, “Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have bought me this far?” Maybe our problem is that we think we deserve His grace rather than being amazed that He gave us undeserved grace. We don’t deserve anything. 

In Romans 5:5-7, Paul puts our lives in perspective. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.

We don’t deserve spiritual life but He gave it. We don’t deserve forgiveness of our sins but He gives it. We don’t deserve the blessings of being His family but he adopted us. We don’t deserve the gifts He has given but He gives them. So we ought to ask God in absolute gratitude, “Why have you done this for me and brought me this far?” Thank you Jesus. Thank you. Gratitude and thanksgiving ought to be the attitude of our hearts every day toward a God who has loved us as He has. There is nothing we can do to repay God. But we can live in gratitude.

I encourage you to take a few minutes this week to make a list of all the blessings you have experienced from God and then thank Him for those gifts that come out of His love. No matter how broken our lives, think of what we would be if He had not loved us. Then thank Him.

Father, I echo David’s prayer and His question. I humbly thank you today for all that you have done in my life. I cannot imagine life without you. Thank you. Amen.