Satan would love for you to be offended, ungrateful, and unable to see God’s goodness. But if you look at the world through the lens of gratefulness, you will see beauty and blessings. However, if you look at the world through the lens of ingratitude, you will see ugliness and injustices everywhere.

From now until Jesus returns, God will make moves that don’t fit His servants’ expectations. It is so important to be aware of this truth, and remind yourself of it often. If you don’t, you will be emotionally rattled, mentally baffled, and spiritually torn. Trust Him, and be grateful in all things, at all times.

Obsessing over the bad stuff? Instead of focusing on the negative, flip it, and turn into a positive. Rather than stressing over what you don’t have, flip it, and express your gratitude for what you do have. Instead of complaining about what’s going wrong, flip it, and rejoice over what’s going right.

Unless you guard your heart with Scripture, the intensity of your tests and troubles will make you angry, discontented, and heavy. Without the sword of the Spirit, which Ephesians 6:17 tells us is the word of God, your complaint will be given free rein, and bitterness will only grow.

Ever been chastised by God? If you focus on the unpleasantness of divine discipline, your gripes will overshadow God’s mercies. Your complaints will blind you to the fact that the trial, the trouble, or the test is your teacher, and it will make your life infinitely better, if you submit to the process.

God wants us all to be content and not entitled. When we remain grateful where we are on our way to where we want to be, God sees that, and He delights in it. Sometimes, do you feel like life isn’t fair, and you aren’t getting what you deserve? This will help you change your mindset and see God’s goodness everywhere!

What do you think would happen if, when you were challenged to do something that went above and beyond your ability, you began thanking God for His wonderful, preexisting plan? What if you flipped things and started automatically assuming that, God has to have a divine strategy?

We have a need to make logical sense of things, and when they don’t add up, we often complain and look for someone to blame. Do you ever find yourself blaming God for failing you? What about blaming yourself? How can you change your thinking and your response?

Do you begin complaining when things don’t go your way, and God doesn’t meet your expectations? Do you get frustrated or angry when what you hoped for, prayed for, and waited for fail to materialize? Even though you say God is in control, do you sort of wish you had more control of things?

In times of crisis, do you let your internal storm lead you to believe the worst and overlook the faithfulness of God? It’s very common to go into panic mode, complain, and convince yourself that God is far away and not doing anything to help you. But you can self-correct and reverse this habit.

Have your trials ever given you a temporary case of amnesia and made you forget how faithful God is? Has prolonged trouble worn you down and pushed you into a cycle of complaining? Has a series of setbacks caused you to worry more than you worship?

As emotionally unsettling as waiting, struggling, and not knowing may be, we all deal with this. No one fully knows the will of God. That’s why you can’t let your feelings lead you, or you will complain and embrace a false narrative that says, God doesn’t hear me…

In the month of November, just in time for Thanksgiving season, “Your Daily Cup of Inspiration” writer Dianna Hobbs is filling your cup to the brim with thankfulness. Her new blog series, “28 Days of Gratitude” walks you through a process of seeing God’s grace every single day. Read Day #1!

God is moving you and ushering you into a new season, and He is replacing opposition with open doors. He’s causing you to be blessed where you were once attacked. He is making what used to be hard easy for you, and He’s swinging doors wide open in your favor!

He keeps every promise. If He said it, then He will do it. Trust Him, and don’t stress over your circumstances. You serve the greatest provider, way-maker, door-opener, body-healer, and the only true Savior. No matter what happens know that God has you covered.

It is during the most uncomfortable seasons of our lives that God reveals the hidden treasures that are already within us. Your tests and trials will not destroy you. God allows them, so you will tap into the fierce faith warrior and confident believer who possesses everything Christ died to secure for you.

Don’t know what God is up to? Remain open and flexible. Let God do things His way. The route might be unconventional, but if you trust Him, He’ll open the floodgates of Heaven. He’ll send rain in the middle of your dry season and give you an amazing harvest in a time of famine!

God blocks some attacks of the enemy. But whatever does get through the divine filter, even if it is uncomfortable, is being used to further shape and refine you. If God chose not to filter out this latest assault on your faith, family, finances, health, or stability, it is working for you and not against you.

If you will but submit to God’s process, and stop protesting simply because you don’t understand, in the end, you will see the heavens open up. God’s glory will be revealed in your life. He will do extraordinary things for you and reveal a side of Himself you have never seen.

What may appear to the be the end: the end of a job; the end of a relationship; the end of health; the end of happiness; and the end of something good is actually the start of something better. It’s the start of a new season. God will do even greater things. He is not finished with you yet.