LIFO

This is an abbreviation for an accounting term,"Last in first out". I want to comment on an area that is very critical for us to understand which, in turn, will help to ensure a blessed and fulfilled life. It is very simple, yet so very profound. Early this morning as I took a sip of hot coffee, I thought, "wow, this is good coffee". Yes, it was coffee, not buttermilk, or orange juice, or anything else, just coffee. The reason it was coffee is because that's what I put in the cup. Also, during my devotion time this morning I listened to a Sandi Patty CD. The only music recorded on that CD was of Sandi, not Elvis or Johnny Cash, just Sandi because it was a Sandi Patty CD. In each of these (the Cup and the CD) I got out of them what was put in them. Well, you might say, "John, you're so silly everybody knows that". Yes, that's true – – commonsense you might say. Jesus certainly knew it was true because he said, "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks". In other words, what we fill our mind and thoughts with the most is what is going to come out first. If we are constantly talking doubt, fear, negative and unbelief, well, that's what we are filling our "cup and CD" with. Whereas, if we concentrate on and speak God's promises and meditate on the power of His Word, Our "cup" will contain those thoughts. Knowing and understanding this is so vitally important because should a crisis arise in our life, the first thing out of our mouth is what is in your heart the most. Know this: Proverbs 18:21."Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof". Much love…