HOW YOU THINK RESULTS IN WHO YOU ARE
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“For as he thinketh in his
heart, so is he…”—Proverbs 23:7
How you think about yourself will eventually become what you think. It is a proven fact that you can not think
one thing and become something else. If
you allow yourself to think negative worried, fearful thoughts, then you will
become a negative, worried, fearful person. You cannot think defeat and expect
victory. You cannot think poverty, and
expect wealth; neither can you think the worst and expect the best.
Have you ever heard the
expression, “misery loves company?” This
expression simply means that a person who is miserable or “down in
the dumps” finds solace in other people who share their feelings. Emotional hurting people may not realize it,
but they will tend to bring those around them down infecting them with their
“misery;” however, if someone is happy they tend to make people happier. A psychological study was done years ago that
found that people tend to mirror the emotional state of those closest to
them. The study went on to state when
one of the persons in the study got away from the “miserable” person that they
cheered up. The study concluded by
saying that people with “sunny dispositions” cheered up those around them.
Our scripture reading let’s us
know that we need to be extremely aware about what we allow our minds to think
about, and what we choose to dwell upon.
A man of God, Job, found out that what he greatly feared and dreaded came
upon him (Job 3:25). Fear is a force
just like faith is a force. If we give
into fear and start to dwell on it, it is not long, then, before we start to
act on it. Fear can actually bring
things to pass just like faith can bring things to pass.
The Bible tells us what we should dwell on in Philippians 4:8. We are to "think on things that are pure and honest and of a good report." Think on things that build you up not tear you down. Think on all the great things God has done for you. In other words, you have got to dwell on the positive and not the negative. Thinking positive means to: stop thinking about what you do not have and start thinking about what you do have. Quit thinking about what's wrong with you and start thinking about what's right with you. Quit thinking about how big your problem is and start dwelling on the fact of how big your God is.
The Bible tells us what we should dwell on in Philippians 4:8. We are to "think on things that are pure and honest and of a good report." Think on things that build you up not tear you down. Think on all the great things God has done for you. In other words, you have got to dwell on the positive and not the negative. Thinking positive means to: stop thinking about what you do not have and start thinking about what you do have. Quit thinking about what's wrong with you and start thinking about what's right with you. Quit thinking about how big your problem is and start dwelling on the fact of how big your God is.
By learning to live a life of
gratitude, your focus is on the positive and not the negative. If you are continually thinking about the
goodness of God, you are not going to have any time to worry, complain and get
down and discouraged. If you are always
meditating on God's promises, then you are always going to be filled with a
good report. The words that come out of your mouth are going to be faith-filled
words and you will become what you think about yourself.
Prayer—Heavenly Father, thank You that have given me a choice to think
good of myself. Today I choose to think
of things that are lovely, sound and of a good report. I choose to think life and Your possibilities
of favor and success in my life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
