Have you ever noticed that when God is trying to teach you something, He will give you the message a few times over the course of a couple weeks (or months)? This happens to me a lot. A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about a book by Joyce Meyer called “Approval Addiction.” She told me about how we need to believe the best instead of automatically thinking the worst about people and situations. Being the “glass half empty” girl that I have always been, believing the best doesn’t come easily to me. I told my friend that changing my thinking would take a very deliberate effort on my part.
Then yesterday I had some quiet moments at home while the kids were off at Grandma’s house. I don’t know what I was thinking about, but all of a sudden I started thinking about believing the best about people and situations. God brought it to my mind again. I thought, “My life would be a lot happier if I did that. I could do that. It would take effort, but I could do that.”
Later in the day I was on a date with Kevin and he started talking about a message he heard from Andy Stanley about marriage. Andy said couples who had the best marriages were the ones who believed the best about their spouses. One, two, three strikes…I’m out! Okay, Lord, I hear you. I told Kevin how God keeps bringing this subject up to me, and he just laughed.
So I have no doubt what God wants me to do. Now I just have to do it!
Lord, I want to be obedient to you. By your power and grace, I will choose to believe the best about people and situations instead of believing the worst. Continue to convict me when I fail and encourage me when I succeed. Thank you, Lord!
