Clay in the Hands

Is God at work in your life today?  The correct answer to the question is “Yes.”

But the reality is that we don’t always see God at work.  We get wrapped up in our To Do lists and appointments and fail to stop and look for God.  I am the worst at this.  I know God is at work all around me but I am not sure I see that activity nearly as readily as I should on a daily basis.

For me, this is part of the Thanksgiving season.  We need to slow down and think about the blessings we have been given.  We need to pause and look.  God is moving all the time – we just need to pay attention.

The results of perceiving God’s movement are hope and gratitude.  When we know that God is at work in our lives, we realize a hope that can only come from knowing God is in control and there is something more to this life than what is on the surface.  When we know God is at work in our lives – the very creator of the universe involved in my life – we are moved to be thankful that God would take an interest in us.  And more than an interest – God genuinely knows each of us and has a plan for each one.

That is something that should give us pause.  Knowing God is at work in me makes me thankful.

What about you?