Friends,
I believe it is so important to have a healthy outlook on your life, situations, people, and yourself.
If not, everything around you becomes dark to the point where you can no longer distinguish between right and wrong (Very often you gravity to who and what is not beneficial to you). You become petty, bitter, vexed by any little thing, irrational, critical, haughty, quick to speak (foolishness), and no longer able to hear (the truth). Ultimately, you stop growing as a person (wife, husband, father, mother, sister, brother, employee, etc.) because you no longer take your own actions into account for anything that has gone awry.
My friends,
This way of thinking and behaving brings zero peace to one’s life. In fact, it is a recipe for evil and destruction of all kinds.
Jesus said, Matthew 12 Msg Bible
34-37“You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”
I’m reminded of a recent conflict that I had in which I was told, “that one negative act can undo 20 positives and that I was acting with a negative and hypocritical heart towards them.” I can tell you that I examined my heart and understood that everything that went awry started with a lie that was told by that individual. And no matter what happened after that, only the truth would be able to establish peace between us. I know with all my heart that it is the consistency in which we speak and act that establishes our character, not the other way around.
As Believers of Jesus Christ, we must not get entangled with people (foul-minded) who do not see how their own actions (words/deeds) impact everything around them. We must be prayerful and use wisdom in all that we do. Now, I’m not saying we do not give a WORD of encouragement or speak up when we are led to, but at some point, others erroneousness way of thinking and operating creates a domino effect so don’t be the one falling down too. Amen!
Why I am telling you this? I’m telling you this because JESUS took on the devil and defeated him for our sake so that we could put on the MIND of CHRIST. Every lie, half-truth, and false accusation should be sent back to where it came from in the Name of JESSUS! Our frame of mind, spirit,and heart should no longer allow the sin nature to occupy space or chip away at our FAITH due to life’s interruptions. AMEN! You lost your job so what. Who hasn’t. Do you trust GOD? Our souls should be singing “Hosanna, In the Highest” Amen! Yes! Sing and Praise (FOR REAL) the LORD and watch your circumstance shift in your favor. Amen!
Beloved,
YOU are who GOD says you ARE! YOU will Live and not Die. YOU are More Than a Conquering in Christ Jesus. YOU are the Head and not the tail. YOU are a Lender and not a borrower. YOU were called with a PURPOSE so don’t allow not one devil’s child or the naysayers to say it ain’t so. Amen!
We must Rise and Set our Standards on HIGH in spite of the perch we may be sitting on right now. We must Press on without forsaking others who are in need.
Matthew 6:33 Amp Bible
33 But first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right--the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also.
