You Can’t Just Call Yourself King | Season 4 Ep 11
December 3, 2025
Even if you have horses and chariots and a priest
This week on Nothin’ But Fine we’re talking about gratitude. Are we passively waiting for blessings, or relentlessly pursuing all that God has for us? Let’s rethink what it means to live thankful. Let’s dig in!
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Gratitude is recognizing that we have not done everything for ourselves, but we depend on others and need to appreciate them for what they do for us.
C.S. Lewis Institute
Am I expressing genuine gratitude for what I have given? Do I feel I have what I have because I deserve it? Am I entitled to it? Or worse, do I think I did myself? Does my faith feel stagnant because I have not properly, sincerely thanked the Lord for what he has done in my life?
Generosity is the mother of ingratitude.
Hernan Diaz, Trust
If this is true, and I think it is, how am I different from the Israelites in Hosea? They had a good God who was generous. And so do we. Same God. Does ingratitude lead to complacency?
The opposite of the folks of Hosea is Jacob. Instead of sitting back and waiting for God to bestow his next blessing, Jacob relentlessly went after it. He demanded a blessing. He and the Lord wrestled all night and finally the Lord said what it is it you want? Not because Jacob was stronger or about to pin him to the ground, but because Jacob had proved how serious he was about getting all God had to offer and all God had promised to him.
Are you going to sit back and wait ungraciously for more or are you going to relentlessly pursue the Lord?
Trust, by Hernan Diaz
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