You have a very important decision to make today! Will you spend your energy planting seeds in the physical or in the spiritual? The Bible says in Galatians 6:8 “Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”
This is our two options: We can sow to the flesh or to the spirit, they both bring forth a harvest. The real question is what kind of harvest do you want? Think about it as you do your work and living today and make some good choices. Let’s look forward to a good harvest of the abundant and everlasting stuff of God!
Our expectations often determine our realities! Expectations have the potential to limit or increase your blessing! We usually get what we expect! In Matthew 9:29, Jesus says: “According to your faith will it be done to you.” In other words if you expect things to be bad, then they will most likely be bad, but if you expect things to be good, then they will most likely turn out for good!
If you see the glass half empty, then you will always be focusing on what you don’t have and you will probably never have anything of substance. If you see the glass half full, then you have learned to focus on the blessings in hand and you will probably see your life travel in the direction of more and greater blessing.
This does not mean that you don’t ever have any problems or challenges. It just means that you have learned to look at them differently than the majority of the world. God loves you and He has an amazing plan for your life and He has promised that He will use even the bad for good in the lives of those who love Him and who live according to His calling to fulfill His purpose!
If your expectations are messed up and in the wrong place, then change them up. Start by taking some time to pray and ask for God’s help. Next, spend some time letting the positive message of God’s Word to move in positive way through your life. And finally challenge yourself every time you find the negative and low expectations creeping in!
You can do this – grow your expectations and Give God Glory!
We are great at building walls around our lives. We build the walls for our protection, so that we won’t get hurt or taken advantage of. But there is a problem with the walls that we build, they not only protect us from influences outside, they also keep us from influences outside that can bless and benefit us! God has great and amazing things in store for each one of us, but we have to grow to a place of trust!
My Small Group! I was talking to one of my small group members today and she expressed how everyone in our group had been through the fire and could not help but to be real, because there was really nothing worth hiding, left to hide! Because of this “REAL REALITY!” we are able to really be there for each other.
Be Careful! If you wall others out – you will wall yourself in! Open up your life and allow others to come and go. God will protect you, if you will let Him and He will also bless you with some amazing relationships that make life better!
Healing! God does not promise that you will never get hurt, but He does promise that He will heal your hurt and it is through His healing of our hurts that we grow, become stronger and are able to have an influence on and make a difference in this life.
Faith Defeats Fear! Walls that are built out of fear can only be torn down out of faith! If you want to grow and get the most out of life, then you must be willing to trust. Start by trusting God – He loves you and has an amazing plan for your life. Continue by trusting others that He has placed around you. Some will be a great blessing and some will be a great blunder, but you will learn and grow every step of the way!
Tear It Up! Let’s get busy tearing down the walls, so that we can enjoy this great life that God has given us! Go ahead and take a whack at the wall – you’ll be glad you did!
Michael Joe Harvell 