With faith, by faith, I am convinced something great can and will happen today. It isn't because I am a super Christian, it is because I am trying to look at my surroundings through eyes of faith and not eyes of flesh. My flesh eyes see trouble: the country appears to be on the skids; people are woefully lacking in moral fortitude; children have no respect for their elders, let alone their parents. All these things are poised to bring anxiety and turmoil into my life crowding out room for anything of righteous value.
I decided to try looking at the world around me through faith eyes. Eyes that see wonder in everything. It is not easy because Satan keeps putting things in my path that run me off the rails: but I insist on persisting. I am determined to see good in my daily circumstance. My determination springs from my decision to accept the gift of faith that God has graciously offered me. Now, again, I do not have this perfected - after all I am fighting a pretty formidable opponent, the fleshly me. But Paul promised, at the behest of the Spirit, that if I would come to God in prayer, thankfully, that God would guard my heart with a fortress of peace.
Each day, now, I arise thinking about what I can do that is good that will in turn enhance my faith vision. It matters not to me that people know that I am doing good for this is an exercise in building up my spiritual self and making me more in tune with God and His way of thinking. The result I have noticed in my life is a greater anticipation of doing good and ultimately being in heaven and a decreased reliance upon what passes for happiness among the worldly masses.
Give it a try. Rather than getting up thinking about the bad that the day may hold, start off by thinking about what God and you can do together!
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