Becoming An Issachar Generation-7
Combating Unthankfulness
I Chronicles 12:32 from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should
We make disciples of a nation when all the seven mountains of influence in that nation reflect God’s kingdom values.
2 Timothy 3:1-2 But know this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves… unthankful, unholy.
Being thankful is an attitude of gratitude, it is also a deep inward feeling of gratitude for what one has received or how one has been treated by others.
The Apostle Paul is prophesying that the last generation would become so unthankful, ungrateful and unappreciative that they would feel entitled to everything.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
Unthankful people are so skewed by their self-love and self-focus that they actually believe their “wants” are “needs” and misinterpret their “feelings” as “facts.”
Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
2 Chronicles 32:25 CEV But Hezekiah was so proud that he refused to thank the Lord for everything he had done for him. This made the Lord angry, and he punished Hezekiah and the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
An unthankful heart is a blight on any society and will eventually undermine a nation’s economic stability, because it focuses on taking, not giving.
Proverbs 30:15 MSG A freeloader has twin daughters named “Gimme” and “Gimme more.”
God set up a system of reward based on hard work and reaping what you sow.
Proverbs 6:11 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
Proverbs 10:4 Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
There are two fruits to unthankfulness. The first is emptiness and the curse of never being happy.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
I Timothy 5:6 But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
The second fruit of unthankfulness is that it leads to unholiness and godlessness.
2 Timothy 3:1-2 But know this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves… unthankful, unholy.
The last day culture will develop a casual attitude toward words, actions, and behaviors that are unholy, unsacred, impure, and unsanctioned by God.
Romans 1:21, 24 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened… Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
Romans 1:21-22 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools,
2 Corinthians 13:5 Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves!
1. Do you feel treated unfairly because you are not able to quickly achieve the lifestyle it took your parents’ generation 30 or more years to achieve?
2. Am I grateful for what God and others have done for me?
3. Do you express thankfulness for what you have and for what others have done along the way to help you in life?
4. Do you have a serious attitude about sin and its consequences, or have you become too casual about godless behaviors that are not sanctioned by God?
