One of my mother’s favorite authors is Erma Bombeck. She was
hilarious! She was a great laugher, a lot like Barbara Johnson. One of Erma’s books was “The Grass is
Always Greener ---Over the Septic Tank!”
I can see in my mind the horses and cattle who strain
against the barbed wire fences to get that blade of grass that looks so
enticing when what they’re standing knee deep in is the same grass! Same health
benefits, same minerals and vitamins. In fact the grass closest to the road may
have stuff you can’t see with the naked eye – road film, grim, dirt,
herbicides.
I am often reminded that I have to be careful. If I spend
too much time “pinning” ideas and plans I might find myself wishing for greener
pastures so to speak. It’s real easy to
go from looking at ideas to obsessing because you can’t do everything you see
with your eyes. We taste a little idea
and before you know it we find ourselves hungering for that which we don’t need
and that which might even harm us.
Have you been looking at the other side of the fence? Are
you thinking the grass “over there” is greener?
Are you longing for something different, better, more? You may be
thinking you want what someone else has and you’re straining to get where they
are, but it might not be where God wants you. Maybe you’ve already gone over
the fence and you realize now it’s just a septic tank – full of junk you never
really wanted. You think it’s too late to go back, return or regain what you
realize you have lost. You feasted your eyes on things the world tells you is
important and now you feel hopeless, helpless and disappointed.
Oh beloved, it’s not too late! Run to the Lord this morning
and begin feasting on His perfect will, His perfect ways and His perfect Word!
Every lavish, lush Scripture is for you to take in completely, overfilling and
overflowing! You can never feed too long or too much on His Word! As you give
yourself back to His ways, God’s will is always your best pasture – the very
best place to dwell in safety. He will begin to show you new and fresh
insights. He will give you all that you can handle and oh so much more! The greener pastures are in fact the very one
you stand in with the Lord!
Rejoice that God has provided the lushest everlasting feast
for you because He loves you and He’s for you and that will keep you fed spiritually
and blessed in every way all the days of your life!
Deuteronomy 8:3 He humbled you and let you be hungry, and
fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He
might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives
by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. (NAS)
Nehemiah 9:20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them,
Your manna You did not withhold from their mouth, And You gave them water for
their thirst. (NAS)
Isaiah 49:9 I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in
freedom,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.’ They will be My
sheep, grazing in green pastures and on hills that were previously bare.
Psalm 119:10-11 With all my heart I have sought You; Do not
let me wander from Your commandments. Your word I have treasured in my heart, that
I may not sin against You.
Psalm 23:2 He lets me rest in green
meadows; He leads me beside peaceful streams.
Job 23:12 I have esteemed and treasured the words of His
mouth more than my necessary food. (Amplified)
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