What are you feeling at the end of the day?

Today, as I was reading I ran across this scripture.

^“The backslider in heart [from God and from fearing God] shall be filled with [the fruit of] his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied with [the fruit of] his ways [with the holy thoughts and actions which his heart prompts and in which he delights].” Proverbs 14:14 Amplified Version

Often times, I stop and think, “Am I doing okay?  Am I living the way God wants me to live?”  I feel like we should daily take a look at where we are with God.  Am I going forward or backwards?  Did today seem less like I was living for God than yesterday?  Do I feel good about what God accomplished through me today?  Why or Why not?  Did I feel urged to do something and do it?  Or not do it?  What have I done for the kingdom today?

But at times we analyze the faults so much that we fail to see the good of what God is doing in and through us!

This scripture has made me, again, think about what the final product is of my day.  Is it my “own fruit”?  or is it a satisfaction that I have followed the Lord and therefore the “fruit” is good?  As the Amplified Version states it… “and a good man shall be satisfied with [the fruit of] his ways [with the holy thoughts and actions which his heart prompts and in which he delights].”  To me, this is beautiful.  Because often as I look over a day, I think, “Wow, God seemed to be continually leading me, I had this thought, or that thought… and they were good, pure, right.”  And, my heart does feel delighted and satisfied with what God accomplished through me.

So many question, How does it really feel to live for God?  How do you know your are doing all you can?  How do you keep going and stop questioning?

I place my trust in the ONE True God!  His name is Jesus!  And as I pray throughout the day, and as I think upon Him… I can see how He changes my mind, thought patterns and responses.  He is real, and He cares about our every day lives.  Try Him!  Think about Him throughout the day… Would He be able to sit beside you and do what you do?  Would He be able to sit beside you and watch what you watch?  Would He be able to go where you go? Would He feel the need to leave? Or would He be comfortable with you?

And maybe your answer of the day will be, “Wow… He did that through me… And my normal response would have been this, but I felt Him lead me to do it in a different way… I’ve been feeling thankful, when I am normally depressed.. I feel satisfied with my day (with God) and not that I just wandered through it…” and that is when you will feel the delight of what your fruit has produced!  Take time to be thankful that you are delighting in the Lord!  It is a good feeling!  🙂