King Benjamin’s speech is layered with teachings about gratitude, he weaves many aspects of gratitude into a marvelous oratory and here I just want to highlight a few:
O how you ought to thank your heavenly King!
I say unto you, my brethren that if you should render all the thanks and praise which your whole soul has power to possess, to that God who has created you, and has kept and preserved you, and has caused that ye should rejoice, and has granted that ye should live in peace one with another—
I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another—I say, if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants.
Mosiah 2:18-21
Does being an unprofitable servant discourage you from serving God?
For me it is inspiring to know that my master, my lord, and my God is a greater servant to me than I ever will be to him. He lends me breath, he gives me movement, and my own will, and supports me in every moment. Who is the servant? Is it I? Or is it my God?
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. - Matthew 23:11