You Must REALLY Believe

 

Success-minded people must answer this question: “What is your life going to be like?” A simple positive confession answer of “Great!” will not do. You must know and believe in how you intend to live. This is not some ESP prediction of the future; it is belief. If you do not believe in your destiny, it will not happen. You must have faith that God will work in your life to help you fulfill your purpose. As economist Ben Stein put it, “Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.”

Success-minded people are great at setting goals and working toward their dreams. Where they can fall short is when they face the obstacles that life always brings. When we face these roadblocks, we start to wonder if we will ever achieve our dream. Maybe we will do our best but fall just short of the goal? This kind of thinking slows us down and causes doubt and defeat. The success-minded person must not allow this to happen.

“The thing always happens that you really believe in, and the belief in a thing makes it happen.”

Frank Lloyd Wright

1867-1959

Architect

 

Speaker and author of, The Power of Positive Thinking, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, said, “Don’t go crawling through life on your hands and knees half-defeated. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find they haven’t half the strength you think they have.” Always remember that the key to victory is taking action. Do not surrender to your problems, no matter how big they seem to be. Stand up and do something. Fight back. Take the victory that God has given you. Read Romans 8 and believe they are more than a conqueror in Christ.

Success-minded people must understand that talking and debating are not useful in fighting for victory in life. Do you believe in your dream? Do you believe that you have a God-given purpose that is yours to fulfill? Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle said, “A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.” Do not allow the enemy of your soul to distract you or take your eyes off the prize.

Believe in God. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dream. Believe in your purpose. Believe that you can overcome any difficulty and problem because the God of the universe has made way for you. If He is for us, who can be against us? You can do this; I know you can because I believe that God can, and I believe in you.

“The hope of the righteous is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.”

Proverbs 10:28

 

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