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| A Balanced Life | | Joyce Meyer | | Joyce Meyer Ministries | |
| Car maintenance is necessary. If you don't rotate and balance your tires on a regular basis, they are going to become unbalanced and wear out quicker. If you don't change your oil regularly, the motor will eventually burn up. It's all a matter of keeping a balance between what's good and bad for your car.
Having a lack of balance in our lives is one of the greatest problems we face, and it's so easy to get out of balance! It might be something as simple as eating too much of a good thing. You might eat it once and then think, Well, I think I'll have some more of that. And pretty soon you're letting yourself have some more...and some more...until before long, you've got a big problem. You're eating way too much, and your diet is out of balance.
Being out of balance could be worrying, watching too much television, or spending too much money. We may want to blame the devil for these problems, but really he's on the scene because we got out of balance and opened the door for him to come in. First Peter 5:8 AMP says, Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.
A balanced life requires discipline and self-control. The apostle Paul said that anyone who wanted to gain mastery had to restrict himself in all things (I Corinthians 9:25). Fortunately we don't have to attempt this on our own. Hebrews 13:6 says, We say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper." With His help, we can live a life of balance. |
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My Declaration of Faith for Today | | The Lord is my helper to keep all areas of my life in balance. |
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