Hello!
I hope you're all having a good week so far, I know I am!
Even though my posting dates have been Monday, Wednesday & then Friday or Saturday depending on when I'm in town, I felt compelled to post another thought further to yesterday's.
If you recall, I was looking at the power in our thoughts and I want to post something I got from Dr. Charles Stanley from In Touch Ministries recently...
Habits Reap Destinies
You sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.
I'm sorry to burst your bubble today but we all end up in the same place when this life is over; the grave, so I'm just wondering what we are doing with our time that we've been given?
It's quite a strong thing to say, but the reality is that if you are forever thinking negative thoughts then you will be reaping negative actions, sowing negative actions and reaping bad consequences. This is until the negativity builds so that you find you are in a place wondering "just how in the heck did I get here?" when the answer is really very simple...
You thought your way to it!
All I'm trying to do is help you to realise that every second that goes by and you're still sitting idly by waiting for your destiny to come around is a second where you will be gradually moving away from it and not toward it.
You see, whilst "destiny" is such a broad term for some, the reality is, for me, that God's plan is the plan that will prevail in the end so I don't know about you, but I would rather be heading towards my destiny than away from it!
The reality is that, having been shocked into arresting my "resting" thought pattern a couple of weekends back, I realised the damage that it was doing could have been permanent as it left me doubting God & His plans for my life.
I realised I was defeating myself before I began, when the reality is that, thanks to a book I borrowed from the library yesterday, I was simply learning what ways didn't work along the way towards my destiny. That didn't make me a failure, it just showed me ways that don't produce the helpful character I need in order to get where I am going.
So if my thoughts were defeating me before I began, then is it any wonder I ran from certain things if I was thinking I was defeated instead of being reminded that, in this life, I am called to be victorious: -
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:37 (NKJV)
I then started reminding myself that, like Joel Osteen said in a recent message, I need to watch what stations I am tuned to in my mind. I'm not tuned to the defeated channel, I'm tuned to the victorious channel. I'm not watching the victim channel, I am watching the victor's channel.
You get the picture, I'm sure!
The more I started to think about this concept, the easier it became to arrest my negative slides so that they did not kill my moods. That and I started recording a couple of inspirational messages for my own ears to remind myself of why I do what I do and why, if I can be bold here, I am the best in the world at what I do because there's only me & my partner-to-be that God has called to fulfil my destiny!
Final Thought
In closing then, let us consider all the thoughts that have got us where we are today and stamp out the ones that are not helping us to get where we want to go in life. It is not our job to trample over people, but to help those along the way so that we stay grounded and remember that we're only alive the once so we should make the most of it.
Life is hard. Yes.
Life is tough. Yes.
My question to you today is where are you grounded?
Is it yourself? Is it your family? Your friends? Your lover?
Have you ever thought that maybe it's time you consider letting God show you what He can do through you for a change and see what a difference that can make in your life.
I promise you, if you do that you: -
- won't regret it; and
- will never be the same, nor look at things the same way again
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