Garbage In, Garbage Out.

A couple of weeks ago I was having one of the worst weeks of my work life. No matter what I did or tried to do, nothing seemed to go right. My schedule was crammed packed with deliveries of product and  outbound shipments. Those who know, I work by myself. I am the shipping/receiving department. So I was overwhelmed with trucks. Then I had spacing, electrical and time issues. Everything just seemed to keep piling up on top of one another. Not a good week.

I figured out that during that week, I had changed the music that I was listening to on my way to work. I took out my worship music and put in some classic rock. I just wanted a change. Boy did it change. Not for the better either. Not that I was listening to anything aggressive like Slayer or Pantera. Just some REO, Styx, Journey. You get the picture. So while I'm listening to this music, I keep hearing a voice saying "the joy of The Lord is my strength." I heard this over and over again. I'm like "yes Lord, I know that, but I just want to listen to this stuff." So I kept on rocking out to the classics. And my week continued to go down hill. Everyday I kept hearing, "the joy of The Lord is my strength." And then He added 'Rend Collective' at the end of that statement. They are a worship band from Ireland. I know that they have a song titled "The Joy of The Lord Is My Strength". 

So  Monday rolls around and I'm gearing us for another super busy week. Before I pulled out of the garage, I changed cd's (I'm still old school). I put in Rend Collective and low and behold, that song came on as I was driving. Crazy right. Not with The Lord. He knew. He just wanted me to know. So when I got to work, I check my calendar and what do you know. The work load lessened, by quite a bit. Thank You Lord. Sometimes I can be a bit stubborn! No, you are saying. But The Lord kept after me, reminding me of who He is.

1 Kings 19:11-12 New Living Translation

11 “Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper.

So I encourage you today to be careful of what you allow your eyes to see and ears to hear. Music, movies, tv shows, whatever. It can affect you in a very dramatic way! Good & bad.

And never ignore the still small Voice of God!!