As we mature in life through experience you come to learn new lessons of life. When you wonder about people and their success typically when you talk to them about their thoughts they think about their success a lot. The dwell on it.. they think on.. they might even obsess over it. Ultimately, you learn in life what you think about most is what you become. This has been very true in my life and the difficult part is knowing how not to dwell on the lies or negative thoughts that come.

I can say most of my negative thoughts in my life stem from a young age. Again words that were said to me, not to ruin me for life on purpose but, none the less they did. The battle of believing in the good of who you are as a person is so hard. My worst enemy is myself. The evil one played a huge part in getting me to believe a lot of those lies but the self talk of mental scrutiny turned from “you are” to “I am.” It was a subtle change but one many of us believe. Then I was reading this book and one of the sentences said, what we dwell on is our choice. That hit me hard because when we are alone we dwell on so many things, many of the negative and a lot of times become overwhelmed. Here is where Jesus comes into play!! Literally, He says ask me for anything and you shall receive it. Well when I am in my head I will find myself focusing on the things I missed or regrets for something I did not do. Instead of the win we have in Jesus. We have the Holy Spirit and we have God our Father. I want to start to dwell on His love for me and what He wants me to experience here on Earth. How he wants me to share what He is in my life with those that I meet.

Why is it so hard for us to dwell on the good things or the power of God. Why is it so easy to believe in the Hollywood version of the evil one’s power. We get so caught up in what we see we choose to not live by faith. It is through faith that we know Christ died for us and defeated death. This, as a Christian, I know!  Then why don’t I live my life with that same steadfast belief? Well if the devil knows he can’t get us into hell they next best thing is to get you so overwhelmed with yourself. When you think about yourself you do not have time to share Christ with others or even live your life that way. We have to choose to be different and be ok with that difference. Yes there will be many that will turn away from you but for those that turn to you because of the Jesus they see in you, it’s worth it.

I am making a choice to dwell on God’s power and His perfect love. He tells us that perfect love casts out all fear. Much of my fears have to do with failure but that also drives me. Now, even though that has helped me with some success I believe I have missed out on the blessings of letting God get the glory! I will choose to do that from here on out.

I will share with you one of the ways I plan on capturing my thoughts and giving them to Christ which is to start and end my day with Psalm 91. It was introduced to me years ago, but as I am reading a book that is dedicated to breaking down the Psalm, I realized this is what I have been missing. I hope this reaches someone who needs to hear this as I needed it. I choose to dwell on Christ and His love for me!

One Love, One King, All Christ!