Gaze at God for Peace-filled, Positive Thoughts.
By Meg Bucher "Later that same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake." Matthew 13:1 NLT The solution to positive thinking hit me during prayer one morning as I struggled to believe for good outcomes in various areas of my life. Filled with skepticism because of failed attempts and fresh wounds, positive thinking wasn't my current default. "Positive thinking = thinking about God," the Holy Spirit pressed upon my heart. Thinking about God has become a natural by-product of the way I live. Yet, I rushed by thoughts of Him to the solutions I was seeking, forgetting He is enough. All of the things we think about pale in comparison to who He is. Meditating on Him alone ushers in the peace and positivity we seek in life. It isn't the problems being solved or the provision He so faithfully gives …it's Him. This verse in Matthew today details what Jesus was doing. He went to sit beside the lake. This would have been the Sea of Galilee. Perhaps living in a lake town provides me with some insight to the peace simply sitting by the lake provides. Especially on a day when the sunrise splinters a calm lake into a million fractions of the same prism of colors. The incredible nature of God's creation points back to Him. Sitting by the lake, Jesus prepared to teach the crowds which had gathered. Matthew continues, | 
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