Do not say: O God, I thank thee that we are better than our brethren; but rather say: O Lord, forgive my unworthiness, and remember my brethren in mercy—yea, acknowledge your unworthiness before God at all times.
It is tempting, when things are going well, to want to think that we ourselves are somehow responsible for the good things that surround us. We may work, and we may see fruits of our labors. But we should never think that we have earned a blessing or that we are entitled. We ourselves are never truly worthy of the blessings God chooses to give us. He gives gifts, not because we have purchased them with our righteousness, but because he loves us and wants to help us. When we remember our unworthiness, especially in the face of continued blessings, we keep things in perspective. At the center of that perspective is Christ and his atonement.
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