Some things are just meant to go together …

If you were challenged to come up with 10 things that are a perfect pairing — things that naturally seem to go together — you could probably rattle off a list in seconds.

Here’s my off-the-top-of-my-head list:

1. Shoes and socks.
2. Bread and butter.
3. Suit and tie.
4. Salt and pepper.
5. Knife and fork.
6. Peanut butter and jelly.
7. Needle and thread.
8. Up and down.
9. Jack and Jill.
10. Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

See what I mean? Some things are just meant to go together!

Here’s another one: worshiping God and giving thanks to God.

Think about it.

Worship devoid of the giving of thanks to God can hardly claim to be complete praise. Even when we praise God, our praise of Him quite naturally leads us to thanking Him … for who He is, for what He has done, for what He is doing, for what He will do, for His love, His grace, His mercy, His justice, etc.

The great failure of humanity is to refuse to worship God, but notice how the Apostle Paul, when describing humanity’s sinfulness and wickedness, pairs with not worshiping God the failure to give Him thanks:

“But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities — his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused,” Romans 1:18-21.

It is beyond difficult to attempt to genuinely worship God but not offer up thanksgiving to Him, they just go together.

Or, at least, they should.

Is your worship of God paired with the heartfelt giving of thanks?

Scotty