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What’s Filling Your Home?

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We saw David, the new movie that Phil Wickham plays David in, at home recently and absolutely loved it. We love Phil Wickham, so we knew we were going to love the movie. The music was so great; we play a few of the songs on repeat in our home. A day or so after we saw the movie, our twelve-old, Maggie, asked where David’s story was in the Bible because she wanted to start reading it instead of what she was currently reading in her morning time. We helped her find the story in I Samuel, and she got started.

Music Impacts Us

That interaction reminded me of something really important. What we are listening to and watching in our homes does affect ourselves and our kids. Sometimes, we forget; but everything we see and hear does impact us. What happens in our homes shapes our kids during their most formative years.

We know from the story of Saul just how much music can have an impact on us. When he was troubled and angry, his servants knew to find somebody that could play music. Only when he listened to music did that evil spirit leave, and he could find peace. I don’t think music has lost its effect on us all these years later.

Fix Your Thoughts

Paul reminds us to fix our thoughts and to think about things that are right, pure, and true. These verses in Philippians give us a great list of the types of things we should be thinking about, watching, and listening to.

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

Philippians 4:8

Fill Our Mind and Home with Good

Does this mean we can never listen to secular music or watch movies that aren’t Christian? If so, then our family is in trouble. We have secular movies and music that we love, but like with anything else, balance and moderation are the key. It’s important to remember that everything that takes place in our homes is feeding us and impacting us. Our kids are taking in way more than we realize, so let’s give them good things to take in. Turn on Christian music in the mornings. When a good Christian (not weird) movie comes out, like David, take them to see it. Listen to Christian radio in the car; turn on a podcast or preaching in the evening. Let your kids listen to the Bible before they go to sleep at night.

There are so many things vying for our attention and our kids’ attention; let’s be sure to fill up with good things too.

More Encouragement

For more encouragement, check out my post, 6 Ways to Build Your Faith Today.

The Faith to Move Forward

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Sometimes, it’s easy to get comfortable, to settle into how God is working in our lives. As soon as we do that, it’s inevitable that God will send something into our lives to shake us up. He will use that thing to develop and strengthen our faith and ultimately move us forward.

David’s Anointing

Samuel, the prophet, shows up one day to Jesse’s house. He skips over all of Jesse’s older sons and waits for David, the youngest of all of them. David leaves his sheep and comes to see Samuel. God tells Samuel to anoint David as the next king of Israel.

What’s interesting to note is that David does not actually become king for another fifteen years! That’s a long time to wait on God.

David’s New Job

It’s not long after David is anointed that the king sends for David to come to the palace. The king’s advisers have told him about David, that he is a talented musician. So Saul sends for David and asks him to come be his own personal musician.

Can you imagine David’s face or his father’s face when they get the summons? They were probably scared to death that the king had actually found out about David’s anointing. They probably thought that King Saul was going to kill David as soon as he got to the palace.

Amazingly enough, Jesse trusts God enough to send his youngest son to the king, even though he fears that Saul has already or will soon uncover the truth.

David’s Faith

Can you imagine the fear David must have felt when he arrived at the palace? If anybody learned his secret or if the king found out, he would immediately be killed. In spite of all this, David stays at the palace and serves Saul. He plays music for him when he’s distressed, he fights his battles for him, and leads his soldiers.

Standing Firm in Our Faith

Sometimes, God leads us to do things that don’t make sense, that make us fearful. When it comes to times like this, we can either trust God and move forward or let our fear keep us from accomplishing whatever it is God wants us to do.

I was reading in the book of Isaiah this week. God gives a message to his people through Isaiah the prophet. This is what he says:

Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm.

Isaiah 7:9

When God’s ready to move, we have to be ready as well. We have to develop and strengthen our faith, so that when the time comes, God can help us stand firm in our faith.

More Encouragement

For more encouragement, check out my post Developing a Faith that’s Strong Enough to Stand On or check out Lysa TerKeurst’s book, What Happens When Women Say Yes to God and Walk in Faith.