Title: People whose profession is gratitude
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A person whose profession is gratitude (1 Corinthians 1:1-9)
When I was young, I wanted to grow old quickly and to become an adult. However, after becoming an adult, it is the wrinkles and worries that increase with each year of age. The older you get, the more anxious you become. As a way to get rid of anxiety, people pursue money and success. There is anxiety behind people trying to earn money and elevate their status. I believe that safety is guaranteed only when you have money and a high position. But money and success do not quell anxiety. It only changes the type of anxiety and worry, but money and success do not drive it away. When you believe in God and give thanks for everything, you can drive away your worries and worries. As we get older, our appreciation should increase. Increasing gratitude can make you happier as you get older. Gratitude is an ability. Just like being good at golf and being good at music is an ability, it is the ability to be grateful. People with the ability to be grateful can be grateful for things that others are not grateful for.
In the Old Testament, there are people whose job is to find words of thanks. Nehemiah 11:17 “And Mattaniah the son of Micah, the grandson of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was a leader in the word of thanks in prayer.” There was a man named Mattaniah, whose job was to give thanks. When weary people came to God with many difficult problems and prayed, I taught them to thank them first. It was my job to find the conditions of gratitude for those who thought they had no conditions to be thankful for in their hard life. Like Mattanya, let us become experts in gratitude. Let's make gratitude our profession. No matter what circumstance we meet, let's find the conditions of gratitude there. Professionals who do the job as a profession can do what ordinary people can't. Even if one boiler we use every day in our house breaks down, we can't fix it. However, if you call a professional whose job is to fix the boiler, they will fix it right away. Even in circumstances where ordinary people cannot be grateful, audit professionals who make it their job to say thank you can be grateful.
The Apostle Paul says he is always thankful for the Corinthians. The Corinthians, however, were not worthy of thanksgiving. They did what God's children were not supposed to do. The church members were drunk and debauched. They formed a party and fought. did something lewd. But Paul was thankful that God gave sinners the grace of God and made them children. Thank you for giving abundant gifts to those who are sinful. They are poor now, but they were thankful that God would change them in the future. They changed to be thankful.