Hope in Any CrisisSample

 Feeding the Heart and Mind 

The way we feed ourselves emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually has a great effect on the strength that sustains us. Such strength ultimately positions us to bring transformation to the world around us.

We are the most overfed culture ever to walk the earth. The media serves to provide us with information and input even beyond the dreams of any prior generation. I love it in all its various forms. But without wisdom, discernment, and intentionality with the use of our time, what is supposed to serve us becomes our master. Never is this more obvious than in a national or world crisis. The mainstream media takes center stage in homes all around the world.

We must pray for righteousness and truth to prevail in all places of influence in our world. Thankfully there are more and more righteous people in all realms of society, including the media. I pray for their spiritual safety and promotion.

The point is, we must take responsibility for our emotional and intellectual intake. We must resist anything that competes in our hearts with our awareness of our Father, who has answers for every problem. All the solutions for life are in His heart right now, and believers have legal access to these things. They are called mysteries and are a part of our spiritual inheritance. But if I become more aware of the work of the enemy than I am of the presence and nature of God, I will live in reaction to the devil. Jesus didn’t live that way. He lived in response to the Father. And He is the One I follow. The devil is not worthy of any influence in my life, even if I were to live in reaction, attempting to destroy his works. Responding to our heavenly Father positions me to be a part of the solution. That is the way of Jesus and must become the way of all who follow.

The heart and mind reveal quite quickly what they have been feeding on. The strength for the workout called faith is quick to show whether I’ve been feeding my heart on the Word of God, which reveals His heart, or on the hopeless condition of the world I’m called to change. Hope will always be in the heart of the one who feasts liberally on the heart and promises of our perfect heavenly Father.