Walking in the Positive

So often we people because of our mere human intellect, misunderstand the meaning of positive living. We hesitate to sacrifice our efforts for those in dire need. We see only our goal, what we can achieve from such and such an effort. If we are busy in doing a hard job and suddenly see someone fainting how easily do we continue with our work. It is because we will finish the job well and get a good result. Whom do you prefer?A labourer who toils day and night for his family alone or a labourer who works with full effort but also sacrifices some of his precious working moments to do some other works, like guiding someone who has lost the way? Students gain good marks in their college levels just for the sake of good marks in their exam, to get a bright future and a good paying job. No one toils hard for people outside their family. To be positive means to do something for OTHERS even though our efforts do no good for us, gladly bearing all, knowing that not we but someone else is being benefitted through our strength. Is this not the way we ought to live?

Next common misunderstanding about positivity is that we all only welcome things that make us happy. If doing some noble thing leads to our destruction, we will not do that workable goodness. The thing may shape the society but because we do not want to sacrifice our well-being for the good position of others we hesitate to do the particular good task. What can be an example of such a thing? You may have heard about brave people who lost their hands or legs while saving some child or blind person who has unknowingly come before a speeding bus. They offer themselves to self sacrifice for saving another. The soldiers who go for war and die a brave martyr's death or become handicapped due to being fired by the enemy force are a powerful example of this. Salute to Jesus who poured out His even last drop of blood for the cruel mankind.

Positivity does not welcome wellness which has nothing to do with the good of others, but takes pleasure in sacrifice. It does not say, "I want to be successful. So let me concentrate on my job rather than on someone else's problem." You may be understanding what I want to tell from this article. But what has this teaching got to do with our primary topic, 'happiness', readers may ask. It is understandable that leading such a life will create a happy world. Those who are of a sacrificial heart only make others happy. But now, what about their own joy? Such people cannot rejoice in worldly terms but their delight is in reading and meditating God's word and finding solace and happiness in Christ. This is a spiritual mystery. All outward reasons for their happiness may be burned up, but my Lord the God gives them happiness that can not be comprehended. They are people who truly believe that true happiness is not at all from material things but only from God. What a shame for us who pray to God for material well-being in order to be happy!

But this never means that God wants us to live a poor life. But it only means that we should find true happiness by keeping our minds in the care of God. "Do not keep your eyes on the things of the world but let your hope in Christ increase as you keep on discovering true life of sacrifice. of concern for others and most importantly a life that pleases God and we enjoy His pleasures." This statement is the core meaning of 'Walking in the Positive'. It is to do all good things not worrying what will go or come, or what we will have to gain or lose, protecting our relationship with our Father in all its fullness. It does not mean that our sacrificial living is the basis of our spiritual walk but it means that because we are new creatures in Christ we can live a sacrificial life. May God help each one of us to BE POSITIVE!