Stand still a minute and someone will tell a modern day version of the children’s story Chicken Little. The sky is falling! The earth is tilting on its axis and the winds of adversity blow! Really, People!
Yes, winds of adversity do blow; they always will on this side of heaven. Scripture tells us to expect it. I read the Bible; where does it say we are to dwell on and focus our time and energy on doom's day? Many people do just that. Their thoughts, words and attention absorbed by all that is negative. So much gloom and doom they can’t carry it all; so they share with others. The gift that never stops sapping…..
My Bible says: Proverbs 18:20-21 (NIV) From the fruit of his mouth a man's stomach is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied. The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
My understanding of this is that it means we create our harvest by that which we verbally sow. Choose your words carefully; we determine the taste left in our mouths when we eat them later.
One of my shortcomings is that I have little patience with people when they run around like Chicken Little telling everyone they encounter of pending disaster and woeful tales of disappointment and disillusion. Their tally of life is based on all that is not rather than all that is. In many cases they simply do not and will not allow any injections of lightheartedness or carefree abandon to rest in the knowledge that God is STILL in control. You may hear an “I know but…” followed by fifteen different reasons their situation is the exception to every rule, bigger and worse than anything anyone else has encountered or will go through. In other words, they breathe life into the nostrils of despair and feed the problem with their negative words until it is as large and unyielding as Jabba the Hut. (Large, mean, rotund creature from the Star War days)
Again I ask…where in the Bible does it say we are to dwell on and focus our time and energy on doom’s day? If Jesus is in your heart and your eyes are on the Lord…..
This world is full of negative situations and negative people. I believe that as Christians we should be the example of folks focused on what is good, pure, holy and right; that which we know comes from the Lord. Let the non-believers wallow in their gloom and doom if they want to but we know God is STILL in control regardless of anything CNN has to say or what the latest terror czar is up to. Yep, we will deal with and face unpleasant situations of the world but we need only turn our focus on HIM to not let fear and pestilence come out of our mouths. Back off, Chicken Little of the world! I am not Goosey Loosey, or Henny Penny…I AM a child of God, MY sky is not falling!
Proverbs 18:20-21 (NIV) From the fruit of his mouth a man's stomach is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied. The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Choose life and may the sweet fruit of the Holy Spirit fill your mouth and form your words! Yummm…..now, that’s satisfying!
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