Day 19
Principle: How we respond to life is far more important than what happens to us.
How we respond to life is far more important than what happens to us.
Two people can experience identical challenges and yet respond in polar opposite ways.
Some of the most potent and memorable examples of opposite responses are found in the Bible. Elijah is known as one of the greatest prophets of all time. He prophesied that it wouldn’t rain for three and a half years, and it didn’t. He believed God would send ravens to feed him, and God obliged. He prophesied the miracle of God multiplying a single mother’s food, and God did.
This final event is recorded in the book of 1Kings. Elijah asks a widowed mother in severe poverty to get him some water. While she is going to get it, he requests some of her bread as well.
Have you ever had a family member do that to you? As you’re going to the kitchen to get something to eat, they yell, “Hey, while you’re up, could you get me a glass of water… and some bread… and a napkin… and a knife… and some butter… and jelly? Hey, why don’t you just stay in the kitchen until all my needs are met?”
The widow’s bread just happens to be her last meal. She answers, “I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.” (1Kings 17:12)
Even her hopeless response did not deter the God of Hope! (Romans 15:13) Her “Plan B” was His “Plan A.” May every fatalistic perspective be removed from our hearts once and for all. “I have never seen the godly forsaken…” (Psalm 37:25) Never!
“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him.” (Psalm 37:7) He will not fail you! (1Corinthians 13:8)
- Do you tend to be a “glass-half-full” or a “glass-half-empty” kind of person? How does this mindset affect your life?
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