To go a step further in God …give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1Thessalonians 5:18.  As we see in the above verse, giving thanks in any circumstance is God’s will for us. We do not need to discuss if it is God’s will or not. There is a very important reason why we have to ‘give thanks to the Lord in all circumstances.’ God wants to show His second step for people who walk on the first step willingly. Some people live with a bad habit of complaining quickly and continually for circumstances they do not want. Because of this evil habit they cannot see any of God’s future plan for them; they do not recognise the gifts that God has already wanted to give them .

To the people who give thanks to God in all circumstances God performs His will for them according to His big picture for them. As you know Paul and Silas were put in prison by force because they had preached the gospel. They could have thought ‘we did good things for God but why this?’. They could have complained about the situation or they could have blamed God. BUT they didn’t. Instead, they gave thanks to God for the situation even though it looked bad. And then God sent His angel and showed the next step. One whole family was saved because they did well with their first step in terms of giving thanks to God in all circumstances.

God enjoys this in our ordinary lives.