Guard your heart
above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
Death of a family
member of close friend. Wedding. Terminal illness. Loss of job.
Divorce. Debt. Traumatic event.
All of those have a
thin line that connects them. That line is high emotion and stress. There are things that happen to us, around us
and with us that take us in directions that are so uncomfortable. They literally change us.
In my sermon Sunday
I quoted some thing I heard that applies or proves this: life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you response to what
happens. But the problem is that we
often live the total opposite way. We
too much think that what happens to us determines our worth or directs our
lives completely.
Fact is only what
God says is true of us is what matters.
We must believe first what God says and then respond to all that happens
to and around us from God’s point of view.
God sees further. God holds our
lives and our future.
When we let our
emotions guide us, we will not be grounded in truth. We will be flooded with things that keep us
from following God. You have to balance
happenings with truth. We have to let
God’s truth overshadow it all.
Some things should
be researched, discovered and then pushed aside. Other things should be looked at deeply and
applied to our lives. It is a big deal
to follow God.
Don’t let emotions
determine the direction of your heart.
See the verse above that says guard your heart! The next verse reminds us that emotions are a
part of life and something we share with others.
Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with
those who weep.
You can make many
plans, but the Lord’s purpose
will prevail.
Let God direct it
all. Emotions are part of life, and they
really are good. But don’t let emotions
wreck you for the long haul. God has an
awesome plan.
‘Call
to Me and I will answer you, and
I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
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