Christian Living

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"WORRY looks around-FAITH ,looks UP"



WORRY LOOKS AROUND, WHILE FAITH LOOKS.....UP!


Who by taking thought, can add one cubit of height onto his stature? No-one that

I know of.So why worry? When we have absolute faith in something, we fear not.

I am not talking about the kind of fear, that is good for us as in fearing GOD. I am

talking about the kind of fear that is of men, which is not of GOD. When a person

speaks of fearing something then they are implying that they have not faith. The

word of GOD says " fear not for I am with you ". If GOD be "for us, than who

can stand against us"? Did David fear Goliath? Of course not because he knew

that GOD was "with him". If we allow fear to prevail against us, than we are

walking "outside" of our faith. When we walk outside of our faith, then we are

letting Satan plant the seed of doubt into our minds. I do not mean that if we

see a train coming, that we should not fear to step onto the railroad tracks. For

that would be like "tempting the LORD". I mean the kind of fear that says to

us , at the very first signs of a sniffle, or a cold, this very well might be the flu

that I have caught and it could worsen to the point where it could kill me! Or,

I better wait and go to the grocery store in the morning, cause it is dark outside

now. I could very well break down in this old car and wind up stranded on the

side of the road, and someone may come along and rob me.

In this same instance "faith" would think like this...I need to go ahead and

go to the store, even though it has already gotten dark. I trust the LORD to keep

this old car running smoothly, for it has never failed me yet. When we trust the

LORD we tend to have positive thoughts instead of negative ones. Faith would

think, I just have the sniffles, they will probably be gone before the day is over.

Faith breeds more faith, while fear tends to breed more fear. Thinking positive

begets positive thinking, while thinking negatively begets more negativity. This

can cause our outlook to be good about things, or our outlook can become bad

about things. This is why it is important, to control the way we think. If we dwell

on the dark side of thinking, instead of retaining positive attitudes, then this

can, and in fact does create health problems, from being over stressed. I have

heard some people say "well I just can not help the way I think about things".

This simply isn't true for the bible says to "take captive, every vain imagination"

and cast it down, in JESUS name. When we learn to do this we will find that

we stop having those negative thoughts, and start having positive ones. This

lets us be a lot more cheerful and have happier mind-sets about everything

in general. When we are not sure what the outcome may be, we then need to

ask the LORD for his guidance, for GOD will never steer us wrong! I once

heard a famous minister say.....first GO TO THE THRONE, before you GO TO the PHONE!

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