On the Other Side of Gratitude

In everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God . . . will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. —Philippians 4:6–7

Praying isn’t all we can and should do about difficult situations. Philippians 4:6–7 draws this equation: in every situation prayer + thanksgiving = peace.

When prayer teams up with gratitude, when we see God’s mercies in our pain, and when we give Him thanks even when we can’t see those mercies, He meets us with indescribable peace.

Prayer is vital—but to really experience His peace, we must come to Him with gratitude. Hard and costly gratitude. The kind that trusts He’s working for our good even in unpleasant circumstances. The kind that garrisons our troubled hearts and minds with His unexplainable peace.

Is your soul weary from a difficult situation? There is peace—God’s peace—waiting for you just beyond the doors of deliberate gratitude. But the only way to find it is to go there and see for yourself. God’s peace is one of the many blessings that live on the other side of gratitude.

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Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey to Joy ©2009 Revived Hearts Foundation

Scripture taken from The CSB