Every day is blessed with circumstances only God could orchestrate in our lives. We will see God at work in our lives if we know how to look for him, see his hand, and trust his heart. Paul wrote, “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

This month we will talk about how wisdom leads us to be grateful for God in all circumstances, even those circumstances we wouldn’t choose. Wisdom is offering our gratitude to God. We will live a life of grateful praise when we walk in God’s wisdom. A life of obedience to God causes us to be grateful because we can know that we are living the will of God through the power of Christ Jesus.

Legions of angels are at work in this world. God’s Holy Spirit is actively guiding every life yielded to his voice of direction. Christians have been saved by grace, and we continue to live each day by God’s grace.

If we could wave a wand and become the people we could have been had we lived apart from God’s grace, we would each drop to our knees, overwhelmed with gratitude to God. He has spared us from things we cannot know, and he has blessed us with things we have not fully appreciated. God loves his children, and his grace to us is “not in vain.” 

No one’s life is perfect or perfectly easy. Paul knew that better than most. But each of us has a unique life filled with the guidance and blessings personally given to us by our perfect God. Just as he gave each of us a fingerprint, so has God given each of us a unique blueprint for our life. 

We can be grateful for all we know and understand about God’s plan for our lives, but we can also be grateful for the grace we have been given for the moments we lived contrary to his plan. 

Wisdom is offering our gratitude to God. God’s grace is uniquely at work, building and directing each of our lives through our hard work. His grace is our strength and our blessing of grace.