Okay...attitude adjustment time.
New day...new attitude! Isn't it crazy how we sometimes let "life"
dictate our attitudes? Life, and all of the challenges that come with
it, should not be what we are listening too. Our heart, our soul, that
voice within us...the HOLY SPIRIT...is who we should be listening too!
Things go on around us...all day, everyday...and at times we let those
"things" weigh us down and get in our thoughts so much that we just
can't seem to hear the "ONE" that is saying things to us that really
matter! I have been so guilty of that this week. I have found when I
allow myself to "listen" to all the stuff, instead of "listen" to what
the HOLY SPIRIT is telling me, before long I can hardly "walk". It's
true that some of the "stuff" needs to be heard so we can pray about
it...and some of the "stuff" we just need to let go in one ear and out
the other. Don't internalize it at all. It's just garbage we need to
dispose of!
This morning I picked up my Jesus
Calling book and that first sentence was an important one. It was as if
Jesus was saying it right to me at that moment. Here it is...
Rest In MY Presence, allowing ME to take charge of this day!
We all need to do that regardless
of what is going on in our lives. Jesus needs to be the one in charge
because He already knows what's going to be in our day! He can help us
to handle anything and everything that comes into our lives. Right in
the middle of the devotion it says...
A grateful heart protects you from negative thinking.
Oh...how true this is! We need to
be grateful for everything for this is the will of GOD! Who wants to be a
"negative Joe"...or Josephina! People don't want to be around you if
that's what you are and I don't blame them. If you know me and that's
what I'm doing...tell me to...Stop it!! Get a grip and look at all the
good and not the bad! We need to encourage each other daily and if it
means telling each other to just...Look up and think about what Jesus
has done for you...then do that! Sometimes I need someone to do that for
me.
The last line in the devotion says...
In everything give thanks, for this is MY will for you.
Jesus does not want us to have a
bad day. HE wants us to be full of life...HIS life...HIS joy. Thank HIM
for everything...even the bad...because HE is there with us and HE will
take care of us. JESUS loves us! HE has HIS arms around us and HE won't
let anything come upon us that we can't handle with HIM!!
So today...
Whether you're at home...work...or just out and about...let your light shine for JESUS so that others may come to know HIM!
Go out and have a good day!
1 Thessalonians 5:18
New Living Translation (NLT)
18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
Psalm 103:1
New Living Translation (NLT)
Let all that I am praise the LORD;
with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
