Think about What You Think About

To: Believer

 

FROM THE DESK OF: Monica B. Tebis

ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing Company

GIobal Asset Management - Fairfax Campus

 

I received this from my friend Pat.

Thanks Pat!

 

"What I feared has come upon me." Job 3:25

 

Think about What You Think About

 

Nick was a tough guy with a bad outlook. He worked for the railroad.

One night after all his fellow workers had gone home he accidentally locked himself in a refrigerated boxcar. Worried that the temperature was below freezing, he yelled for help, but to no avail. The more he thought about his situation the colder he felt, till eventually he started shivering uncontrollably. Convinced he was dying, he wrote a letter to his family outlining what had happened. The next morning they found Nick's body. An autopsy revealed that he had indeed frozen to death. But the investigators discovered something puzzling. The boxcar in which Nick was trapped was out of order and had been disconnected.

The night he froze to death the temperature in the boxcar was sixty-one degrees, just below room temperature. But because he expected to die, he lost the battle in his mind.

What you believe about your life is more important than what anyone else believes.

Job said, "What I feared has come upon me." Be careful what you anticipate; negative expectations become self-fulfilling prophecies. God has promised to help you - but you get the deciding vote. By focusing on the negative you're agreeing to let Satan defeat you. Jesus said, "According to your faith will it be done for you"

(Mt 9:29). Another translation puts it like this: "Become what you believe." So get into agreement with God's Word and focus on His promises instead of your problems.

When you do, your faith will take you to new levels of victory. But it's up to you to take the first step!

 

"To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me.

For if you remain silent. I will be like those who go down to the pit.

Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place." Psalm 28:1-2

 

 

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psalm 36

Psalm 36 (New International Version, ©2010)

Psalm 36

Psalm 36^[a]

    For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. ¹ I have a message from God in my heart
   concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:^[b]
There is no fear of God
   before their eyes.
 ² In their own eyes they flatter themselves
   too much to detect or hate their sin.
³ The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful;
   they fail to act wisely or do good.
⁴ Even on their beds they plot evil;
   they commit themselves to a sinful course
   and do not reject what is wrong.
 ⁵ Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens,
   your faithfulness to the skies.
⁶ Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,
   your justice like the great deep.
   You, LORD, preserve both people and animals.
⁷ How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!
   People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
⁸ They feast on the abundance of your house;
   you give them drink from your river of delights.
⁹ For with you is the fountain of life;
   in your light we see light.
 ¹⁰ Continue your love to those who know you,
   your righteousness to the upright in heart.
¹¹ May the foot of the proud not come against me,
   nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
¹² See how the evildoers lie fallen—
   thrown down, not able to rise!

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 36:1 In Hebrew texts 36:1-12 is numbered 36:2-13.
2. Psalm 36:1 Or A message from God: The transgression of the wicked / resides in their hearts.