What are your thoughts when you wake up in the morning? What do you look at and see within yourself and the world around you?
If I'm honest, when I wake up I don't always see the positive. I don't always see what I'm blessed with. Sometimes I see my life as mundane one thing after the other. Other times there are never ending trials. Whether I wake up and see life as boring or extremely difficult there is one problem. Christ is not the focus in those moments.
Psalm 24:1 gives a very important piece of wisdom to guide the disposition that we as Christians are to have towards life. It says Do not envy the wicked. Most of the time when I find myself seeing life as mundane or difficult it is because I'm comparing it with someone elses. It is easy as a Christian to look towards others who are living wickedly and envy them. Their life can look easier and can look like a lot more fun. The truth is it may very well be in a sense.
There is a greater truth however, no matter what life looks like, Christians have the most wonderful gift known to man- Christ. It is when we put our gaze on him that what we wake up and see in the morning changes. When we look to him we no longer see the pleasure of the wicked but grieve for them because they do not have the pleasure of Christ.
Today, if you are struggling to see your blessings, if you are struggling to see the good in your life, if you catch yourself envying the wicked, turn your gaze to Christ. He is the remedy to the desires of the heart. Turn your gaze to him, then tell me what you see.
By: Danielle O'Neil @danielleoneil.com