How's it going everyone? It's Ben Naim here. I wanted to put out kind of a
positive message here in this video because I feel like the system wants us
to be perpetually angry and upset and if you find yourself in that
predicament it may be because you're spending a little too much time
plugged into social media and the news which is like 99% negative and
the thing is you know I don't think that's what the Bible teaches I
don't think we should just be constantly angry and mad and upset and negative
now don't get me wrong there's a time and a place to be angry about the evils
going on in this world and there's a time and a place to expose it but in
your everyday life you should have a level of optimism that this world
doesn't have you know the Bible says in Philippians chapter 4 rejoice in the
Lord always and again I say rejoice if you're saved if you have eternal life
you're a child of God the Bible says if God before us who can be against us
you know there's an amount of positivity to that that I think we
should possess that you don't find elsewhere and we should have a more
positive outlook because of the fact that we're children of God if God's on
our side if we're on the winning side then we really shouldn't you know
behave as if we're not you know we should act accordingly and I think if you
struggle in this area you might want to unplug for a little bit maybe don't pay
attention quite as much to the news or totally unplug for a little while and
focus on the things that you can draw happiness from your family your
friends your church the Word of God no matter what's happening in this world
you can wake up every morning sit on your front porch and sip a cup of
coffee enjoy the birds chirping the sky is still blue the Sun still rises
and sets even though yeah the evil is getting worse I get it time and a place
to talk about that for sure but it shouldn't define us as Christians I
don't think we should be content as well that'll really help in this area
you know Philippians chapter 4 it talks about this when the Apostle Paul said
not that I speak in respect of want for I have learned in whatsoever state I
am there with to be content I know both how to be a based and I know how to
abound everywhere and in all things I'm instructed both to be full and to be
hungry both to a bounded to suffer need I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me he said and if you have contentment then it'll help
you to have a little bit more gratitude for the things you do have
for your friends your family for the Word of God for your home for your
children for your spouse and I mentioned family already but you know
there's a lot of things that in this life that we could be thankful for and
no matter what situation you're find yourself in I think we should try as
hard as we can to be content and in that way you can have a more
optimistic outlook so look I get a lot of bad things happening especially if
you pay even just a little attention to the news but as Christians don't give
into the temptation to be perpetually angry to be completely negative and to
feel hopeless because at the end of the day we do have hope we're saved
we're Christian all right we have eternal life God's on our side and
let's just rejoice on the Lord always like the Bible says and again I say
rejoice