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Pastor’s Weekly Word:

“ Greener Pastures”

* This devotion was extracted from our current message series.

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Sometimes, we want God to take us out of a circumstance,

or we desire that God just fix things. However, it is as we walk

through our discomfort that God changes and transforms us. It’s like

the familiar saying “the grass is greener on the other side”. So if this

grass is in fact greener are we just to rip it up and start over? Some-

times we need to take drastic measures, and we mostly need to

take an inventory to discover why the grass is greener elsewhere.

Could it be that other pastures really aren't as healthy as

you thought when you closely examine your neighbors lawn? If you

look close enough everyone has some areas where nothing seems to

grow or prosper. If the grass is greener, also consider that maybe its

fake. We often try to compare other people’s highlight reel to our

bloopers. We might need to change our perspective. Maybe the

grass is greener because your neighbor receives help from a land-

scaper or fertilizing company. We all need to know when to get help,

and there is no shame in receiving help. My children look at my

neighbor’s lawn, and say “why does his grass look so nice and

green?” If my neighbor’s lawn is greener then maybe I need to plant

some new seeds, aerate the soil, fertilize and water my lawn more

often. Simply, we cannot grow discouraged because of a situation,

or how it seems others may be doing. If we see areas that are not as

healthy and productive in our life, then possibly God is calling us to

tend the areas that He has entrusted to our care. Often, we must go

through what God allows to become the person that He desires us to

be. It’s truth that sets us free, and like with the grass, we need to

step back and learn where God wants us to grow, improve and excel.

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.”

- Psalm 139:23