He sums these virtues up with, “against such things there is no law.” We will organically produce love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Paul reveals a list of spiritual fruit which will grow in our lives as we walk by our true selves. If I had to add a single “fruit of the Spirit” to the list in Galatians 5:22 and 23, it would be thankfulness. In the end, and no matter what, Dad is still in complete control and He loves us unconditionally. For Christians, we find thankfulness in nearly every situation because we know who holds all situations together…our Dad. Delight means pleasure, and everyone is thankful for pleasure. Heck, even Paul stated that he delighted in his weaknesses–who does that? (See 2 Corinthians 12:10). We always find something to be thankful for. It’s impossible to muffle the Spirit of God, who is in us. We believers bleed thankfulness! We cannot deny being grateful! We can temporarily not act grateful, but the geyser from within will soon explode. Further, the apostles thanked God in their letters–even in the midst of their deepest turmoils and stresses. If you look at the short lifespan of Jesus while here on planet earth, He thanked the Father all the time.
Why is this? This might shock some of you, but God is thankful! Our Creator is a thankful Person! If we aren’t being thankful we don’t feel right, and that’s because an attitude of gratitude is interwoven into our supernatural DNA. Thankfulness is a characteristic which comes from the heart of every Christian. There are many verses in the Bible about being thankful. “But thanks be to God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
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