We’ve all heard the saying, ‘what goes in must come out’ or ‘you are what you eat’. These are not only true of our bodies, they are also true of our spirits. Did you know that the things you say are usually due to something you’ve heard at one time or another? Proverbs 23:7a says, “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” So the things I listen to and meditate on are the very things that I talk about. Interesting.

So what happens when I change my diet and eat healthy and exercise? I begin to feel better, have more energy and it shows in my body. What happens when I change what I look at and listen to? I begin to change the way I see things and the things I talk about. I had someone ask me why I don’t post anything but words of life and hope on Facebook. I rarely post about about things I’m going through and that was what they wanted to hear. Really? Well, I don’t write about things that are subject to change but I’ve chosen to write about the God who has changed my life forever. The things I see in the natural are subject to change by the Word that is always working in me.

Probably the reason my speech has changed is because I’ve changed my diet. Not that I don’t watch secular TV, but I balance it with Biblical teaching. Not that I don’t interact with unbelievers, but I fellowship with believers. Not that I don’t miss church once in awhile, but I don’t make it a habit. Not that I don’t miss devotional time once in a while, but if I do, I find myself hungry for my time alone with God. I just decided to change my spiritual diet and those changes made my life different.

Even with those changes, I challenge myself to even more changes. If I seek first after God and what’s important to him, than all the things I need in this physical life just fall into place. In other words, they take care of themselves. I choose to focus on God and His Kingdom so that whatever he needs me to do, I’ll be there to do it. I must decrease so that He will increase (John 3:30). My life is not my own and the sooner I realize that it’s not all about me, the sooner I will find myself being used of God in ways I’ve never dreamed. I can’t but He can. I won’t become who you want me to be in order to please you, that place is reserved for God.

Father, my heart is yours and yours alone. You are slowly squeezing out all the love I have for the things of this world and replacing it with a love for you. My heart cries out for more and you have responded with your presence. I’m so thankful that you love me. So thankful you have plans and purpose for my life. Today, I’m yours. Tomorrow, I’m yours. Forever, I’m yours. May I live my life in such a way that brings joy to your heart and praise to your ears.