"Whatever"

  Maybe you say it when your attitude isn't the best. We hear it from young people. Married couples when they are in disagreement use the term to show disapproval or lack of interest. It's called "WHATEVER!" I heard someone the other day tell another, "Whatever! Talk to the hand!" What many don't realize, "whatever" is a very biblical term.

  "He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields it fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers." (Psa. 1:3) 

  "Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps." (Psa. 135:6)

    "Pray for us to the Lord our God; and whatever the Lord our God says, tell us so, and we will do it." (Jer. 42:20)

  "Whatever you devise against the Lord, He will make a complete end of it. Distress will not rise up twice." (Nahum 1:9)

  "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you."  (John 15:7)

  "...and whatever is not from faith is sin." (Rom.14:23)

  "For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of Scirpture we might have hope."  (Rom. 15:4)

  "Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." (I Cor. 10:31)

  "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap."  (Gal. 6:7)

  "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things." (Phil. 4:8)

  "Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father."  (Col. 3:17)

  "Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men." (Col. 3:23)

How does your "whatever" line up with the Lord's "whatever"? Maybe we need an attitude adjustment?