Don't Starve Yourself Of the Lasting Good Things in Life

Don't Starve Yourself Of the Lasting Good Things in Life

Early-er this week I had a quote that said, "What you feed grows and what you don't feed -starves."

If all we feed is negativity then we are going to become a pro at being negative but if we continue to seek and strive for the positive things in life then we are going be optimistic about life - even when things look bad.

If all we see is how bad everything is in the world we are going to miss all the goodness and inspiration and new awareness that comes out of life and even in the bad situations.

As I shared with you before about the people who live in the cardboard villages Mexico- if they only focused on the negative situations they live in, day in and day out, the situation would be devastating to their health and well-being. Instead they have gained a greater faith in God through their circumstances in life and God has blessed them. In the last four years those same families have started to build concrete block houses and they are still able to provide food for their family. They put their trust not in money. They put their trust in God.

Jesus says, "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."

If all our focus is on money and our problems then how are we going to put our focus and trust in God - who can solve and provide.

Jesus continues with "So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life- whether you have enough food, drink and clothes. Doesn't life consist of more than food and clothing? Look at the birds. They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than they are. Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not. And why worry about your clothes? Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautiful as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won't he more surely care for you? You have so little faith! So don't worry about having enough food or drink or clothing. Why be like the pagans who are so deeply concerned about these things? Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs, and he will give you all you need from day to day if you live for him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern. So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today." Matthew 6:24:-34

"Your eye is a lamp for your body. A pure eye lets sunshine into your soul. But an evil eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness. If the light you think you have is really darkness, how deep that darkness will be!" Matthew 6:22.

Same as "Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be" Matthew 6:21. If we treasure to look at the down side of life instead of the positive side of life we are setting ourselves up for failure, doom, frustration, depression and whatever negative habits we have picked up along the way and accepted and welcomed them with open arms instead of saying "NO Thanks!- I am not going there.".

We "treasure" what? We set our sights on what? What are we going to feed and what are we going to starve? What is most important to you in this life?

For me it is having a relationship with God....family... and friends.... and the rest is just stuff. Stuff that can be replaced.