After writing so many posts on gratitude it can be easy to think that gratitude is an action of the mouth or the pen, but Christ wants more from his children than one who can speak well of him, for who can deny God’s goodness? What he seeks is those who in their hearts seek to do that which he commands and love him with more than words alone but with every intention of their soul.
Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men—” - 2 Nephi 27:25
We attempt to speak well of Christ and then turn and do wrongly on our neighbor, speak well of him in public and do evil in private. We try to hide from our creator by evading our responsibility toward him but “shall the work say of him that made it, he made me not? Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, he had no understanding (2 Nephi 27:27)?"
When we attempt to “deny the power of God, the Holy One of Israel (2 Nephi 28:5) and seek to do wickedly denying his commandments and his miracles (2 Nephi 28:5-9) it would be well to remember that description God has given to himself:
For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith. - 2 Nephi 27:23
In our quest to move our gratitude from mouth to heart we will need to show gratitude at ever step for the faith and miracles that God gives to us, let us keep the commandments and show the faith necessary to witness the power of God and deny it not.