God’s Antidepressant!
Verse for Today: Wednesday, August 07, 2013
Psalms 01:03 – (The blessed
man) is like a tree planted by the streams of water…. whose leaf does not
wither.
When we look around, we can see a
lot of lives which are sagging like withered leaves. These lives progressively
wither away because they don’t dwell near the cool living water and are not
planted near to the water of life. When the poisonous wind of difficult
situations blow on it, these leaves sag as they do not have the capacity to
withstand pressures. They do not receive spiritual nutrition and water to keep
be alive and grow stronger. The people of the world who do not have Jesus in
their lives wither away and disappear into a Christ-less eternity. The people
of God who keep themselves away from being planted near to the water of life in
the Word of God also sag and get depressed because they do not have the time or
interest to dwell near to the water of life. Many such lives try to survive on
the world’s artificial nutrition for their minds, but slowly their spiritual
tenor and texture elude them. Such people succumb to temptations and fall into
the worldly ways of living. But Word of God today instructs us to be planted
nearest to the water of life. This water is Jesus and His Word which ought to
fill our lives so that we will not sag or become depressed. When we are thus
rejuvenated by the Person of Jesus Christ and as His life and Word fill our
hearts, our lives will become spiritually energetic, vibrant and exuberant. We
would be filled with the Spirit and the Word which will become the spiritually
sustainable force in our lives. A spiritual diagnosis of our lives each day
with the help of the Word of God will reveal how much our lives are spiritually
sagging. Today His Spirit invokes us to draw near to the cool waters of our
Shepherd and drink to the brink to soak our souls so that we would experience
spiritual vibrancy.
Dear reader, is your life a
sagging leaf which ebbs away from the spiritual realm in which you are placed?
Are you experiencing spiritual coldness in your relationship with your Lord and
His Word? Do you feel the loss of spiritual power to withstand the attacks of
the enemy and do you become more and more depressed in life? Is the joy of the
Lord in your life dwindling? Perhaps it is time to take a spiritual audit of
your life to see how far you are drinking the water of life on a daily basis.
Nothing that the world offers you will impact your spiritual life positively.
On the other hand, it will only drain you of your spiritual energy and
enthusiasm. The panacea for all your
spiritual ailments today is to get yourself firmly planted near the water of
life and get yourself sink deep in it. The water of life will cure your
spiritual weaknesses and mental depression and will give you the nourishment
that you need to grow spiritually. The spiritual water of the Word of God will
purge you of the worldly poisons of possessions, positions, prestige and
prominence which the world lures you into. It will give you the vigor and
vitality that you once had in your life and will enable you to withstand the
pressures of the world upon you. Today you are challenged to be deeply rooted
in the Word of God to fill your heart, mind and life to guide you as you face
the pressures of the world and live to portray the life of Christ in its power
all the days of your lives.
Psalms 92:13 – Those who are
planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Thought for
Today
The fruit of our tree of life will reveal whether
we are planted on the side of the river of life or not.
Prayer for
Today
Lord: Help me to dwell with you in your green
pastures and cool waters
to revive my sagging soul from distresses. Amen!
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