We have good intentions, but it’s too much. If you don’t know how to say no, you’re going to get overcommitted. It may be a good thing, but good things can wear you out. Good people can deplete you. It’s all about balance.
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Who’s Walking with You?
Today's Word: MAY 31, 2024
On the Sunday after Jesus was crucified, two of His disciples were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus. They were so discouraged and sorrowful that Jesus was gone, that their hopes and dreams were shattered. They were so focused on what didn’t work out, this great disappointment, that they didn’t recognize the risen Jesus who suddenly joined them in their journey and conversation. In that incredible moment, He began to explain to them all that the Scripture had predicted about Him, how He would be crucified and rise from the dead on the third day. It wasn’t until later that day that they realized their seven-mile walk had been in the presence of the risen Savior. How many times on our daily journey are we not recognizing what God is doing? We’re so caught up in dealing with problems, trying to fix our finances or our family or an illness, that we don’t see all the good things God is doing in the present moment. Don’t be so focused on what’s wrong that you don’t recognize that Jesus is walking with you through it all.
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The writer of Proverbs says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” He’s saying that our life and our attitudes follow the direction of our most dominant thoughts, and it explains how subtly a wrong thought can develop into a bad attitude. Here’s how it works. Let’s say your spouse has started doing something that he knows you find irritating. At first, it’s no big deal, but the more you think about it, the irritation increases. You’re brushing your hair, and you’re thinking, “He knows it frustrates me.” He does it again when you’re eating dinner, and you’re thinking, “He doesn’t care that it bugs me.” This goes on for days, and finally you’re upset and start to build a critical attitude toward him. It’s not just “that thing” he does; it’s him. That initial irritating thought has dropped into your heart and become a critical attitude that can grow and harden. You start to measure everything he does through this critical filter, and it damages your relationship.
This is why the writer of Proverbs also warns us: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” (Proverbs 4:23). It doesn’t say that “some” things flow from your heart; it says “everything.” If you allow a wrong thought to linger in your mind, such as an offense, a fear, or a worry, it will drop into your heart and create a bad attitude. Life is challenging enough without being handicapped by your own negative thoughts and attitudes. Many of the difficulties that come against you will overwhelm you if you have negative attitudes and wrong perspectives.
If you’re going to become everything God wants you to be, you have to take captive the thoughts that are playing in your mind and ruling your heart. God has given you His Word and the power to think and to create your life around His thoughts. That’s the key. You can’t control what anyone else does or says or thinks, and you can’t control everything that happens to you, but you can control what you think. You can control your attitudes. You can control the filters you use by allowing God to use the power of His Word to renew your mind, to transform your thinking, to guard your heart attitudes.
So let me encourage you today. If you have developed some harmful attitudes about your life, some critical attitudes toward someone, push your thoughts in the direction you want. The transformation will take place as soon as you choose the right thoughts that align with God’s Word. It can start right now.
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