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All the little things... / Apr 7, 09:32 AM
I was doing devotions the other day and I came across this comment in Oswald Chambers’s My Utmost For His Highest:
“…Are you faithful to your idea of Jesus, or are you faithful to the real Jesus?”
This kind of struck me as a difficult concept to grasp onto. If you really think about it, its a hard lesson to learn, or at least for me it is. Why? Because its so easy to get wrapped up in how the world views your walk with Christ. Once you have Jesus in your life as your personal Savior, everyone starts to think that everything should be like rainbows and sunshine all the time. I know that I thought and still to this day think that way sometimes. I’ll ask myself, “If God is such a good, caring, and loving God, then why is there poverty stricken countries, why is there sickness everywhere, why are there abusive homes, why does He allow these things to happen?” I keep coming back to the same answer every time. Yes, God is a good God, He allowed us to make our own choices and because of those choices we made, we brought sin into the world and therefore upon ourselves.
Another thing it is so easy to get caught up in is ignoring God when he is in everything. Not just the big stuff. It’s so easy to overlook the small daily blessing we receive from God, like our good health, our loving families, our amazing friends, relationships they have started over, safe travel, the freedom to worship Him as we please, the capability of putting food on our tables, and having a roof over our heads, to be able to wear clothes that actually fit us, to have pure drinking water, the sunsets and sunrises, the beautiful scenery we see ever day again and again, the stars in the night sky, SOOOOOOO much to be thankful for, yet if it isn’t an attention grabbing miracle we don’t give the glory to God…. It amazes me hold thick headed and stubborn we really are as human beings… That we refuse to give in to say thanks for everything, especially the small stuff. It’s so much easier to have a better day if you just focus o the good. It’s so much easier to appeal to the lost and lonely if you are smiling and talkative rather than pouty or upset because you sat and extra 5 minutes in traffic. This generation needs to change the world…. I’m starting by changing my life and becoming contagious with God’s help…. You wanna join me? Awesome! Starts with the baby steps of enjoying every minute of every day.
Now, I’m not saying there won’t be trials and temptations and bad days…. All of us have those. All I’m saying is instead of focusing on those bad moments, or bad phone calls, or whatever. Focus on the gifts and blessing God presents you with day in and day out. It makes a difference. For the better!
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