I read this on http://right-onthemark.blogspot.com/. It is also my belief and experience and I couldn't have said it any better. If you want to read the entire post go to the above link and search for the post: "You Can't Have One Without The Other."
"Let's bring this down to practical living. Over the last few years I've found that when my heart's desire is to follow God with my very being; when I think about the Lord all day long even while at work; when I lay down at night and ask the Lord to be a part of my dreams and sleep; let me be pretty straight forward. When I do these things, not just because I want to follow the letter of the law, (as the saying goes) but because I truly am in love with Jesus, well there is very little, if ever any, stress in my life. I see God's hand guiding me, leading me and helping me to make right decisions. I can't begin to tell you how I see God's favor over me and my family. How many times He blesses with little things and sometimes great big things. When I run into problems (and you always will no matter what) I am always aware that my Father has my back and will carry me through, and He never fails. It's just the way it is! I hope that doesn't sound arrogant, because that is the last thing I ever want to sound like. If God will do this for me, He will surely do it for you.
On the other hand when I slip a bit in my time with the Lord; when I might allow Him to slip down to second place; I don't see those things nearly as well as I would like. That, my friend, is why I try my very best to not let up anymore. Remember it's all about relationship with the Lord. It's all about running as if to obtain a prize.
It really saddens me when I see people who constantly write on Facebook and others places on the internet that, "this day totally sucked," or "I never get a break," or "just once I would like something to go my way." (You can think of several examples.) I'm not going to sit here and judge. I'm warned not too, but I just want everyone who even sometimes falls into those categories, to be honest with yourself as to the ratio of time that is given to God compared to other pleasures in this life. Yes, I know that there will always be an occasional bad day, but as a whole that just shouldn't happen very often.
God WANTS to do great things for His children. He desires to give good gifts. Sometimes we are the ones who limit just how many blessings we see. If I spend hours and hours watching baseball, but seldom crack open my Bible or pray, things are bound to be out of whack. Pretty soon days would become lousy and so would my attitude.
Is it fair to God to want the best stuff, without giving Him our best, too?
You can't have one without the other!!!!!!!!!
May you meditate on the Lord this day,
Mark S."
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