At the beginning of the year,
this is only a few days ago, we made definite decisions to move forward. As we
know, moving forward speaks of positive change. In another couple of days, the
first quarter of this year will be over. As believers, who need to take stock
from time to time, I would like to suggest that it is time to pause and
consider. To commune with our hearts upon our beds with a view to evaluating
our move forward this year. You don’t have to be there yet but we need to
ensure that we have not been discouraged enough to abandon that word.
Philippians 2: 13 “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and
the power to do what pleases Him.”
If we must achieve anything in
life, we have to be very deliberate. We can’t just let things and life happen
to us. As much as it is within our control, we have to insist on being who God
has said we are in every situation and circumstance. Even when for example,
everything is contrary, we have to have a confident assurance that God is at
work in the spiritual working things out according to His word and the period
of waiting is the period when He is working in us that we may please Him.
We all have to learn to believe
in the reality of those things that we do not yet see. We must daily see what
God says about us and what He says He will do for us no matter how unrealistic
it may seem. We have to accept the reality of the unreal and make that our way
of life. If God says it, then it is so despite what anyone else may think. The
decisions concerning our lives are really ours to make. People can support us
but we cannot make it their responsibility to make decisions for us that
concern our life. The consequences will always be yours to bear. Neither your
pastor nor family can bear the consequences for you. At the very best, they can
only be there for you. The joy of it will also be yours.
Ecclesiastes 3: So I saw that there is nothing better for people than
to be happy in their work. That is why we are here! No one will bring us back
from the death to enjoy life after death.”
There is a plan and a purpose to
all God does. Since He is not frivolous and is aware of the creative nature of
His word, He will only say things that will further His purpose. If we know
that, then we know that He definitely will do all that He spoke to our hearts.
The veracity of His word is not just about us but also that His ultimate purpose
be achieved. It affects His ultimate purpose, if that word fails. So do you
still remember that word or are you discouraged and so, altered your
circumstance and/or theology?
To move forward in life, we have
to consistently check our thoughts. We can’t let our minds think whatever it
wants to think. We have to be deliberate about what we want to allow our minds
think. It is so important to evaluate one’s thoughts because a man eventually
becomes what he thinks. What are you thinking? Are you thinking the thoughts of
God for your life? Remember, you are who you are in your mind. Your thoughts
count.
Philippians 4: 8-9 “Fix your thoughts on what is true, honorable, and
right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are worthy
of praise.”
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