Are you optimist or depressed?

Good morning everyone!! Another Monday morning! We can wake and say, "good God it is morning," or we can say, "good morning GOD!" Thank you Aunt Betty. God is good all the time, all the time God is good!!

We have been talking about being a prisoner of our past, being optimist verses pessimist, and to forget our past through Jesus. Let's look at the scripture again:
"...One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

Again from J. David Hoke is the following. But not only must we replace pessimism with optimism, we must also replace passivism with activism. The past seeks to trap us by discouraging us to the point where we are just so exhausted we don’t want to try anymore.

Depressed people don’t even like to get out of bed. They sit around in their pajamas all day long or engage in hours of mind-numbing television. Sometimes the first step out of that situation is to get out of bed, put your clothes on and do something.

You see, we need to act on faith in what God can do. Paul says that he reaches forward to what lies ahead. Here is someone who is involved with the living of life. He is not merely content to be acted upon. He must act himself. And if we would succeed, we must act as well.

Someone has said that it’s hard to steer a parked car. In other words, parked cars go nowhere. You could turn the steering wheel all you like, but it doesn’t change its direction. Only as we begin to move are we able to accomplish those things we would like to see come to pass. We must be active.

Jesus calls us to follow Him. Okay, are you following Jesus? Or, are you just saying you follow Jesus? There is a difference of head knowledge and heart knowledge. We will talk more here tomorrow. Thank you for reading with me. May your day be bright and cheery and don't forget to tell someone about Jesus. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny