If you haven't already
done so, then may I encourage you to go ahead and read last week's posting on not dwelliing on the "what if" moments in life. Trust me, it's worth your time! - TLP
Whassup bro's!
Welcome to part two of "Dwelling on What If's" and so far, we have covered what to do when life gives you lemons; don't dwell on them and turn them instead into some find dessert, along with a coping strategy of mine in such an occasion as lemons in life.
Enough talk of lemons, now it's onto today's message...
Do you remember a time when a situation didn't work out and you were left feeling all disappointed? Maybe a relationship broke down, or a loved one was diagnosed with an illness. Or maybe you lost your job and you're looking for guidance in this difficult time.
Some people say that everything happens for a reason, but how does that help someone who's loved one has now a terminal disease? Or how does it help put food on the table to someone who's been laid off from work?
Answer: it doesn't!
Talk is Indeed Cheap
People need to realise that talk is cheap and just saying flippant phrases is not what's needed in a time of crisis. It's hard for some people because they can often feel like they are bouncing from one mishap to another and that just plain sucks. I know the feeling.
We can often ask ourselves how things will ever get better now the diagnosis is here, or the job prospects have taken a nosedive. But we have to believe they will get better. We've already covered that it's a mindset thing that often governs whether we stay in the pit of despair for longer than necessary or whether we rise higher and say "look universe, this may have happened to me, but I'm not going to let it define me, I'm not going to let it keep me from my destiny".
It might seem easier to say that when things are going better for someone than someone else feels or sees, but the truth is there nonetheless. Perspective is what either keeps us from our destiny on time, or it propels us into it.
Next time that difficulty rises up and rears its ugly head, you have to say to it that it will not define you. I recently saw a message from Stephen Furtick of Elevation Church, USA and in it he was talking about how we are too often to talk about our situations instead of to them.
How are things going to change if we constantly dwell on and talk about what might have happened or 'if only' something happened instead of what actually did?
We're giving God no room to move because we're forever saying how we're limited by this incident or by that illness or by that circumstance. We are in actual fact saying 'God, we don't believe that You are in control', when in actual fact He is.
He can turn your lemons into beauty, your ashes into glory and leave you better off than you were when you went into the situation. It will not stop you from living your life and being there for those that are in need in a time of illness.
That's what happens these days, too often we let our focus shift on what we're enjoying in life, what we're called to do in life, but you've got to rise higher & go further in order to achieve the God-given dreams!
Let me leave Joel Osteen's words to ring in your ears at this point: -
Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life. Joel Osteen
Final Thought
In closing then, can I encourage you not to let your circumstances be governed by what might have happened or what could have gone better in the past. It's happened now, let's get on with running our race so that we can not only live for a higher calling, but also believe that our latter days will be even greater than our former.
It's easier than you think, once you know how!
Peace off!
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