“For as he
thinks in his heart, so is he...” (Pro. 23:7 AMP).
One night a man
climbed into what he thought was a boxcar. He closed the door, which
automatically locked shut and trapped him inside. When his eyes adjusted to the
light, he realized he was inside a refrigerated boxcar, and he became aware of
the intense, freezing cold. He called for help and pounded on the door, but all
the noise he made from the inside the car failed to attract anyone’s attention.
After many hours of struggle, he lay down on the floor of the railroad car.
As he tried to
fight against the freezing cold, he scratched a message on the floor explaining
his unfortunate, imminent death. Late the next day, repairmen from the railroad
opened the door and found the dead man inside. Though the man had all the appearance
of having frozen to death, the truth was the repairmen had come to fix the
broken refrigerator unit in that car. Most likely the temperature of the
railroad car had never fallen below 50 degrees during the night. The man had
died because he thought he was freezing to death (CBN.com).
Your thoughts are
powerful. Where a person tends to focus their thoughts is exactly where they
end up going. This principle is frequently taught in sports. As a person who
enjoys mountain biking, rollerblading and downhill skiing, if I focus on
something off course, I tend to go off course. This principles applies to
driving as well. I know several people who turn the steering wheel wherever
their eyes are focused. On the other hand, if we focus where we want to go,
that is typically where we will end up.
Napoleon Hill
said, “What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.” Jesus
said it like this, “...Everything is possible for him who believes” (Mark
9:23). And who can forget what Henry Ford said years ago: “Whether you think
can — or you think can’t — your right.”
So if you want to
change your life for the better, you have to begin to change the way that you
think. Jeff Keller said, “Face the fact: Your beliefs brought you to where you
are today, and your thinking from this point forward will take you to where
you’ll be in the future” (Attitude is Everything, p. 23).
The Bible teaches
that we as Christians have the mind of Christ (1 Cor. 2:16). Therefore, if you
want to change your thoughts and ultimately your life, it is about allowing
God’s thoughts to be our thoughts, for as a person thinks in their hearts, so
are they.
More of Him, less
of me,
Matt
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