Saturday, February 22 ~ Our eyes look to Jehovah our God until he shows us favor.​—Ps. 123:2.

[GrumpysWife]

Saturday, February 22

Our eyes look to Jehovah our God until he shows us favor.—Ps. 123:2.

 

If we keep our figurative eyes focused on Jehovah, we will not allow the actions of others to embitter us or damage our relationship with him. This is especially important if, like Moses, we have a measure of responsibility in God’s organization. While it is true that each of us needs to ‘keep working out his own salvation with fear and trembling,’ we must remember that Jehovah does not have one rigid, inflexible standard by which he judges us. (Phil. 2:12) Rather, the more responsibility we have, the greater our accountability. (Luke 12:48) But if we truly love Jehovah, nothing will stumble us or separate us from his love. (Ps. 119:165;Rom. 8:37-39) In these challenging times, may our eyes be raised continually to the One who is “enthroned in the heavens,” so that we can perceive his will. (Ps. 123:1) May we never allow our relationship with Jehovah to be negatively affected by the actions of others. w18.07 16 ¶19-20

[Golfguy74]

I love this one. It is soo easy to let something someone does affect us negatively. 90% of life is a reaction to the other 10%, we can only control the 90%.