“When your perspective is preloaded with the Word of God, lies lose their power over your life.”

A thought by Steven Furtick, (2014-02-11) from his book, Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God's Voice Above All Others (Kindle Location 1065). The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

So how is your Monday going? Let me ask you two questions… 1) did you go to church this weekend? And 2) have you read your Bible this morning?

Now that can come across as being superstitious but it doesn’t have to be that way. Why these two activities are so important on your view of today is that as this thought by Steven says, “When your perspective is preloaded with the Word of God, lies lose their power over your life.”

Here is another thought he gives, “…the more of God’s Word we know and the more we’re reminding ourselves of His truths, the less dependent we become on others to snap us out of our self-induced negative spirals. We can begin to rely on God’s Spirit to renew our minds.”

So many people use the excuse of not going to church or of not getting up early and reading the Bible that they work so hard and they are so tired. Now for the most part tiredness also comes from your inner perspective. Your worries, your concerns have a way of wearing you down but having God’s Word in your heart and mind can encourage and up lift you. Satan loves the excuse that you’re tired because he understands what the real remedy for your tiredness is.

But then you say, “I have that friend at Starbucks or work who will get me out of my negativity. Well there are some at the Starbucks that I usually go to who needed me to get them out of their mood are disappointed today because I went to another Starbucks. Or that person at work, maybe they had a rough weekend and they need you to bring them out of their discouragement. God can use people to help our negativity but His Word is always there if we have preloaded it into our heart and minds.

Here is what I read this morning in Isaiah 40. The last part of verse 28 through 31 (NIRV) says, “He won’t become worn out or get tired. No one will ever know how great his understanding is. He gives strength to those who are tired. He gives power to those who are weak. Even young people become worn out and get tired. Even the best of them trip and fall. But those who trust in the Lord will receive new strength. They will fly as high as eagles. They will run and not get tired. They will walk and not grow weak.”

So how is your perspective this morning?

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