OK,
so we have explored 7 Positive Mental Strategies. Now
before you jump on the excuse train and start telling me all the reasons you
can’t do these things…
Yes, you can! – God will never ask you to do anything you cannot do, with His help. Whatever He asks you to do, He gives you the strength and ability to do and do well and with a positive attitude. Philippians 4:13 “I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency].” (Amplified Bible) I have heard speaker/teacher, Joyce Meyer put it this way, "I can do everything I need to do in Christ. Not whatever I want to do, but whatever He calls me to do."
You’ve got what it takes! If
you have accepted Christ the scripture tells us many times that the Holy Spirit
Himself lives on the inside of you. Thus the fruit of the Spirit is in
each and every believer…but you must develop and practice it. You have
the fruit of the Spirit – use it! Fruit = product of…If you have a tomato plant
you get tomatoes, if a banana tree, bananas…if the Holy Spirit, you have… love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control.
(Galatians 5:22-23). Get alone several times a day and list the products of the fruit of
the Spirit starting with the words, “Through the power of the Holy Spirit Who
lives in me I have…”
Here’s the key…don’t wait until you
need it to try to get it! You wouldn’t run a marathon without training. So
don’t expect to fight life’s battles without preparing before hand. Take Him at His word…it will be there. John14:27 tells us that Christ gave His peace…peace that works when times are bad, when trials come and we see no way out. The world’s peace only works when things are good. Christ gives peace not from the storm, but in the midst of it!
