Our Single Source

A while back, a friend of mine made a comment about the people in our lives.  He said that we so eagerly want positive people, friends who holds us up and stays true.  People who are with us to the end and who inspire us.  But we are depending on the wrong source for inspiration.  Jesus was surrounded by people who doubted, who spoke negatively and who let him down multiple times.  The interesting part is that this never affected Jesus in any way.  He did not turn negative or also started to doubt.  He didn’t lose his hope in humanity once he was betrayed.

His secret?  His source.  Jesus spent time with the Father.  The Father was his source.  He depended on the Father for upliftment, hope and inspiration.  He simply moved among people and engaged with them as he saw the Father did: 

“Jesus gave them this answer: "Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.”  -John 5:19

Don’t get me wrong, I am not asking of you to dump the friends you have and trade them in for people that is negative about life and has no faith.  What I am asking of you, is to not lock people out of your life, but to embrace whoever God puts on your path.  To use God as your single source and in that way, to be God’s hands and feet in this world.

Let’s make God our only source.