Be cheerful no matter what; pray all
the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who
belong to Christ Jesus to live. 1Thes. 5:16-18
Christians are followers of Christ, those
who have made a personal choice to pattern their lives after the life of
Christ. Jesus has become a model and a mode they each day live to conform to. As
they live the life, you grow unto coming like Him in words, thoughts, and deeds.
Situations and circumstances of life do not
in any way define their life but Jesus do. Nothing is worth stealing their
attention for that is the real reason devil brings trying moments the way of believers.
The tempter is an attention seeker and he attacks things of interest to win
this attention.
Cheerfulness and an attitude of
thanksgiving makes it difficult for anything other than Christ to win our
attention and that is why giving of thanks is the way God wants you who belong
to Christ to live. When your finance is under attack, your finance is not the
real object but your attention, or it could be your children but your attention
is what the tempter is seeking to win.
