Daily Inspirations by Rev. Dr. Precious Prothro

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Be careful of being distracted from God. Sunday, our Pastor said, “Life will pull our heads down and make us look at our situation instead of looking at God.” Ain’t that the truth! We can become so overly concerned about our circumstances that we will try to fix things and run things on our own. What we are unintentionally saying is that we can do a better job than God can. Whew! Be careful! Think about your child taking over the adulting simply because she feels she can. She isn’t mature enough, doesn’t understand how bills and responsibility work, and doesn’t even have any money to pay the bills, but she is gonna run things. That’s how absurd it is for us to think we can run our lives. If we would learn to commit our ways unto the Lord and trust in Him, we will see that He shall bring to pass what He has planned for us, which is what is best (Psalm 18:30 & 37:5). Let God do His job and you do yours. Have a blessed day!

It can be difficult to understand those who are not like us. Many become angry or even judgmental about things we don’t understand or agree with. I have been guilty of that. I think we have to learn, truly learn, to love people despite our differences. We say we do, but often we shun and discredit what is different without first trying to understand and learn. I Corinthians 12:12-15 explains our differences in relation to the body. We have many parts, but they all work together, and all are needed. Matthew 22:39 says we must love our enemies as we love ourselves. Loving our enemies doesn’t mean we have to like everything they do, and it doesn’t mean someone who is not like us is automatically an enemy. So, let’s find a way to show more love and respect for those who are not like us. God’s love is for all. Have a loving Monday!

Praise has to do with exaltation, and it should be given when one has done something good. Thankfulness, however, has to do with gratitude. We are obligated to praise God in all things, yet we don’t always take the time to tell Him thank You. We teach our children to say thank you out of politeness, and very often we say it because it’s right to say. You know, when someone holds a door for you or helps with directions or picks up something you dropped. How often, though, do we truly think about what has been done for us, especially why God deserves our thanks? Like really think about all the times He has delivered, healed, been a refuge, loved, forgiven, and so much more. It’s easy to be blinded by all our desires, paying more attention to the things we don’t have rather than how much we have been blessed. Let’s be more intentional with our thankfulness. As we go about our day, let us remember Psalm 100:4 & 5, “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” Have a thankful Sunday!