IS SUCCESS REALLY ALL IN THE ATTITUDE OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND THINK?
We, as a people, like to put others on pedestals and think that they must have something that we don't have and are very special unique people. In a sense, you are right... they are very special and unique... but so are you. They do have something that many folk DO NOT have.
1. They have confidence in themselves that they can do it.
2. Many have a belief in God that keeps them going.
3. They believe in their calling.
4. They act on their calling.
5. They stick to their calling even when it seems like all else is failing.
You've heard time and time again of stories where people struggled to accomplish their goals. Actors were broke, hungry, homeless, and with a support system because of where they relocated to. When all of a sudden, they are in the right place, at the right script reading, doing the right thing, for the right people, carrying through their purpose.
Singers were going from church to church or from wedding to funerals to seminars to bars to clubs to lounges around and around in circles and nothing seemed to be happening. When all of a sudden, they are in the right place, at the right audition, doing the right thing, for the right people, carrying through their purpose.
Doctors and pathologists who are searching for cures for terrible diseases at every turn seem to be failing. When all of a sudden, just the right mix happens, at the right timing, doing the right combination, for the right disease, carrying through their purpose.
MOST PEOPLE DO NOT GET WHAT THEY WANT OVERNIGHT!
It takes ambition, persistence, hard work, a steadiness, a foundation for your belief, and definitely a sense of humor. You must have an attitude about accomplishing your goals. You have to decide that you will do it! You may go broke like Dave Ramsey did a few times... or even get broken as athletes do. You might get harassed from those who are jealous of your pending success. You may run and be weary and cramping in the side like a sprinter, but they keep going to reach the prize that is in their hearts! They may be losing the race, but it is what they believe in and about themselves that keeps them going to the finish line to complete what they started!
DOES WHAT I THINK REALLY MATTER IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE?!
MOST DEFINITELY! If it didn't, some of us wouldn't be here because of abortion running rampant if someone didn't step forward and began fighting for what they believe. If it didn't, most of us would still be slaves to a taskmaster if someone didn't step forward and so "NO!" If it didn't, alot of us would not have the opportunity to vote like we want, pray like we want, believe like we want, live like we want!
You see, what you think about something, decides your feelings and behavior towards it. When you truly believe IN something that you want to do, you will put forth YOURSELF, whole heartedly, in accomplishing that which you believe. Obstacles will get in the way, as they always do. Still, as you keep the belief in it, you will act on that belief. You will fight for it!
MY TESTIMONY:
I was guest singer at a church this past week and an elder/friend in the church mentioned about how long we've known each other. (23 years) He mentioned about how far I've come in dealing with the pain, heartbreak, disappointment, and brokenness that life had dealt to me. Another church member/friend mentioned how far I've come from being in the wheelchair for the 8 years and walking in 6" heels (they were 3"). How he's seen me coming from his physical therapy to being able... to being ABLE! Then another person spoke about how far I've come. It embarrasses when people talk about me positively because I don't know how to take it because it feels like praise to me and I just want to praise the Lord. As I thought about what they were saying, an urgent desire sprung up in me to let people know that what brought me through is the same thing that can bring them through anything and everything. Now, I haven't accomplished all that I believe God has in store for me yet. However... God. That's it... God. A good friend of mine put it this way. He said that I'm tenacious. He's right. If I believe it, I hold on to it like a bulldog locked on a throat. I hold tight to God and what He know, believe, and feel about me. You see, God says that I am special... since I believe in what God says, therefore, I KNOW AND BELIEVE THAT I AM SPECIAL. God says that I am strong and that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Therefore, I KNOW AND BELIEVE THAT EVEN WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG because I am NOT depending on my own strength now. I am depending on His and His is an everlasting and all powerful strength. Jesus persisted and endured through to His calling and purpose on this earth. We have the same thing available to us that He had. All we have to do is believe it and claim it and then go forward to accomplish it BELIEF REQUIRES ACTION!
HOW DO OTHERS DO IT?!? AND CAN I DO IT TOO?!?
The way many people have accomplished soooo much is that they fight for it. They are everyday people just like you and I. The only difference is that they hung in there tightly grasping to what they believe and they succeeded in the purpose for which they fought! You have the same ability that they have, hold on to your beliefs and hold on to God's hand who will guide you in the right direction in dealing with those beliefs. If you do this, you will see such a great change happen in your life that you will be amazed. People will look at you as they look at these other people who succeed and wonder... "How'd they do that? They are so special! They got it all together."
JUST KNOW AND BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE SPECIAL AND GOD HAS A GREAT PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE TOO... NOW GO FORWARD AND ACT ON THAT BELIEF!
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