Let’s suppose you receive a gift from someone. Let’s say it is a great gift, one that shows they care about you and gives you an experience where you feel important and valued. Now, when you receive the gift, you are honored and then you look the person in the eye and say, “What more did you bring me?” Now this may sound like a childish thing to do – and rightfully so! My daughter’s first words for some people are, “What did you bring me?” This is wrong, but it is how many of us treat God. He gives us things we take for granted – and then we ask for more!
James is pointing this out here in one way or another. He is seeing each day as a valuable gift – a chance to feel loved and appreciated by God. I think of “This is the Day” that song that I was forced to sing as a 10-year-old in Sunday School. What a thing to have air to breathe, a life to live and a day to bless others! Yet, we want more. James is talking about this and just one chapter before called his people infants. I am this way often – I am blessed by God with things I take for granted, but when I meet with Him my words too often are “What did you bring me?” Forgive me, Lord, and change me!
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