Ezekiel 24-25, Hebrews 11: 17-40, Proverbs 15: 11-20
Proverbs 15: 15 (ESV)
“All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of
heart has a continual feast.”
Verse 15 from Proverbs 15 is great advice from the wisdom of
Solomon. If you think your life is afflicted, you will feel that there is no
joy in your life. But if you have a positive feeling in your heart and are
cheerful, life will seem like a continual feast to you. The other way that this
advice has been expressed is you either see the glass as half empty or half
full.
I’ve heard some people of faith say that God wants us to
always be cheerful and to always look on the bright side. This kind of attitude
shows how much trust and faith that you have in God, and that you feel that
whatever happens to you is a positive thing. But if you feel that your life is
a mess, it may show that you have little faith in God because you don’t see how
his plan is working in your life.
I think having a cheerful heart might have something to do
with faith in God, because if you have total faith in God you will see
everything that happens to you as part of God’s plan and will always see it in
a positive way. If you have little to no faith in God, you will see everything that
happens to you as bad sign or proof that God doesn’t love or care about you.
But to have a positive attitude or cheerful heart is a choice based on your
faith in God.
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