MAINTAINING A POSITIVE MINDSET
Maintain a Positive Mind-Set
We MUST CONTINUALLY choose to keep our minds set on the higher things.
“Set your minds on things which are above”. Notice that there is
something that we must do…we must continually choose, day in and day
out, twenty four hours a day, to keep our minds set on the higher things.
What are those things that are above, the higher things? Quite simply,
they are the positive things of God. This is the God that I understand,
a positive and loving, caring God who made us very unique and special.
The New Testament Bible says it like this: Whatever things are true,
whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are
pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of a good report,
if there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy—meditate on these things”.
Learn to look for the best in every situation. No matter what you’re
going through if anything, if you look hard enough and keep the right
attitude, you can find something good about the experience. If you get
laid off at work, you can choose to be negative and bitter and blame God
or someone else. Or, you can say, “God, I know you are in control of
my life, and when one door closes, you always open a bigger and better
door. So Father, I can’t wait to see what you have in store for
me.”
When you get stuck in traffic, you can choose to be angry and
impatient, or you can choose say, “All things work together for good”. You
must make a choice to keep your mind focused on the better things.
It’s not going to automatically happen. You must be determined and put
forth some effort if you’re going to keep your mind set on the good
things of God and experience His best.
We must be especially on guard during times of adversity, in times of
personal challenge. When troubles strike, often the first thoughts that
come to mind are not higher thoughts; they’re not positive thoughts.
Negative thoughts bombard us from every possible angle. Right there, we
must choose to trust God and not allow ourselves to get down and
discouraged or just give up. Our mind is similar to the transmission in a
car. We can choose which way we want to go by engaging the gears. It
doesn’t take any more effort to go forward than it does to go backward.
It’s all in the decision process. Similarly, we determine by our own
choices which way our lives are going to go. If you choose to stay
focused on the positive and keep your mind set on the good things of God,
all the forces of darkness are not going to be able to keep you from
moving forward and fulfilling your destiny. But if you make the mistake
of dwelling on the negative, focusing on your problems and your
impossibilities, it’s similar to putting the car in reverse and backing away
from the victory that is in store for you. You must decide which way
you want to go. Psychologists are convinced that our lives move in the
direction of our most dominant thoughts. Throughout this day, engage
your mind in thoughts of Joy, Peace, Victory, Abundance, and Blessings,
and you will move toward those things, drawing them to yourself at the
same time. Now, that’s a magnetic personality!
Let this be your prayer today to the God of your own understanding:
God, help me to see as much good as I can in every person and in every
situation. Rather than seeing the glass half empty, let me see it as half
full. I choose to have an optimistic outlook on life.
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