Blessings We Always Have

[291 words] As my youngest daughter (who is 4 years old) prays, she inevitably expresses thanks to God for the blessings that He provides. However, when she states it, there is a truth that she adds in which many of us adults forget. She prays, “Thank you for the blessings that we always have.” It is true isn’t it? God “daily beareth our burden” (Psa. 68:19) and faithful men “abound with blessings” (Pro. 28:20). Even the unrighteous are blessed through God’s faithfulness in creation (Matt. 5:45; Acts 14:17). The physical blessings that every man enjoys come from God: “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above” (James 1:17). God wants us to be happy and satisfied so that we can see and access the greater blessings (that have always been in His mind) in the spiritual realm . To “always have” those blessings we must choose to be…