It’s Time to Feast

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Encouragement for Your Daily Walk with God

Solomon once said, "...a merry heart has a continual feast!" Unfortunately, many Christ followers don’t seem to be feasting these days. They may blame it on politicians, the economy, or any number of things. But the wise sage, Solomon, said it has to do with our hearts!

Maybe it’s that we brood over the things we lack. Maybe we have bought into the myth that if only something good would come our way — like winning the Lottery — we’d truly be happy. Like the guy who told his friend, “Money can’t buy happiness, but if I had a big house, fancy car, and giant flat-screen TV, I wouldn’t mind being unhappy!”

Paul said that he was content both when he had plenty and when he was in need. The scholarly Mathew Henry wrote about discontent and said it is “a sin that is its own punishment and makes men torment themselves; it makes the spirit sad, the body sick, and all the enjoyments sour; it is the heaviness of the heart and the rottenness of the bones." 

Rather than focusing on the things we lack, we should do as the songwriter said and:

Turn your eyes upon Jesus

Look full in His wonderful face

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

In the light of His glory and grace

Let the feasting begin. Fill you soul with His Word. Fill your mouths with His praise. The joy of the Lord is our strength!

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Proverbs 15:15