“The Desire To Encourage”
By Zach Wood
Psalm 19:14
“May the words of my
mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock
and my Redeemer.”
One book of the Bible I always enjoy reading through is the
book of Psalms. The pages are filled
with inspiration and encouragement.
These words from David are no doubt amazing. How often you do you find yourself going
through your day and asking God for your words to be pleasing and encouraging
to others? Do you start your day asking God
to give you strength and guide your tongue through the day so that you will
share encouraging words with others?
We’ve recently looked at this idea of how we need to be
positive and not negative toward others in our relationships each day. Why would we have any other desire than to be
encouraging, uplifting and beneficial in what we say? I don’t’ believe our intent is ever to
discourage others or tear them down.
However, we have an enemy that knows where our weaknesses are and how to
shoot us down so that we become negative and begin using discouraging words.
I really believe it’s important to start out the day with
prayer asking God to give us strength, perseverance and loving words to share
through the day with others. We need Him
to guide our day and to help us live our day to be pleasing to Him. It sounds simple, yet very hard to actually
live out.
Go back and read this passage again. Will you choose to make this a prayer from
your heart each day with sincere desire to do everything you can to please God
by encouraging others? May the words we
use each day and the thoughts and attitude of our hearts be pleasing and
glorifying to Him. We surely want the
Lord to be pleased with all we do, right?
Be intentional to start your day with the desire to please
God by encouraging others and a positive attitude in your heart.
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