Seperated-Churches call to seperation part 4

"Give thanks to the Lord!"

This statement comes from the book of psalms as a whole. The book is always speaking giving thank to the Lord! What does this have to do with being separated? It's got everything to do with it! The world we live is so selfish we never give thanks for anything. We never realize where the gifts truly come from. Even as believers we get selfish. We need to be out giving thanks to the Lord! he is good! his mercy endures forever! what better person then the Lord do we have to give thanks to? do our lives reflect him? Do we give thanks by our living? Do we remember who truly saved us? who pulled us up from our pit of despair?
In a world of selfishness, thankfulness will be seen when we are thankful the difference of selfishness and kindness are like black and white. Every good thing comes from God! (Jam 1:17) the gifts don't come from us! they come from God! we have no reason to thank ourselves or another person for what God has clearly given us. I'm not saying it's wrong to thank someone for their work, I'm saying that ultimately God gave them that ability to do that type of work.
This type of thankfulness will show true separation, we must be on guard against selfishness. It's easy to take credit it's easy to misuse the blessings from God.