Whenever you find yourself unhappy, put on your praise
music in the car or at home. Dance around the house as you do your chores, or
fill the car with praises sung to the Lord as loud as your heart desires. This
is an opportunity to worship God without distraction. Lay your cares at His
feet. Reject Satan's whispered lies in your
thoughts that discourage and depress you. God provided for you throughout your
life. Praise Him for His blessings. Then, thank God that you
possess only what He wants you to have.
If you are lonely, realize that actually you can still be
alone with a mate or in a crowd. If you need people, God will send them to help you at just the right time.
However, you are never alone as long as Christ lives within you. Do not just spend time with the Lord, or even most of
the day with the Lord. Spend all 1440 moments of the day and night with Him,
listening to His Spirit's encouragement, counsel and direction. Rejoice in
God’s continual provision for all of your needs. Rest in Him as you pray and
read His Word. Obey His Spirit moment by moment throughout the day (Psalm
46:10).
A gardener cuts the branch from one tree and splices it to
the trunk of another. This brokenness then transforms the tree and the branch
with new life. New colors and shapes infuse the flowers on the tree because of
the splice. God splices us into the Vine of
Christ. He is the source of our true self-worth. Our self-worth does not
come from what we have, who we are or what we do, but from our relationship
with God, and His Christ (Colossians 3:3-4). He makes us kings,
priests and saints, as well as co-heirs with His Son, Jesus Christ (). Now that
is something to crow about!
Our body, soul and spirit each have their own place and
function in our life. God gave us the ability to make choices, to admit to
the consequences of the result of those choices, to realize our limitations
without putting our self down, and to recognize our gifts and talents without
taking the glory for them. When our physical desires as well as our thoughts,
choices and emotions are subject to God’s Spirit, we start to reflect the fruit
of God’s Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Our goal for completion in
Christ is fulfilled step by step throughout our life.
Prayer:
Father God, Jesus died to give
us a full life (John 10:10). However, the busyness of life interferes with our
relationship with You. Remind us to rise above the distractions of this world
to unite our life completely with you. Then, You can live and move and have
Your being within us, just as we live and move and have our being in You (Acts 17:28). Help us to
seek Your Kingdom first and to live in righteousness, rejoicing in Your
provision for our every need (Matthew
6:33).
Thought for the Day:
Jesus did not tell us to
seek His Kingdom along with everything else in life, but to seek Him first.
