Charles Swindoll states, “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” Meditate upon that statement for a minute and truly let it soak in. Think about ALL OF THE TIMES you reacted to circumstances and situations that were not Godly. There are many people lying six-feet deep in cemeteries well before their time because the 90% they chose lead them down the path to destruction (death). It’s one thing to die because it lived a full and prosperous life, but a whole different thing to die behind foolishness and sinful actions.

Now this post is not meant to beat any of us up or be ‘Debbie Downer’ by any means. My hope is that thinking about our daily actions and reactions allows for each of us to process information in such a way that we allow God’s teachings to take a hold of our lives and lead our hearts before, during, and after circumstances and situations arise. We hear the importance of our actions, but there also is equal, if not greater, importance for our reactions.

In short, God wants to love us and give us favor and a good name in the sight of Himself and everyone we meet, but there is a level of expectation that we must decide to uphold in our daily actions and reactions for such to happen.