Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Power Train of Thought

By Sherry Orcutt

Power Train of ThoughtAs we board the “train of life” we encounter many experiences. There are good times and there are hard times, but a positive attitude will enable us to handle any situation that comes our way. Thinking positively will give us power over our circumstances instead of us allowing our circumstances to have power over us.

As the train leaves the station, we hear “all aboard.” The conductor does not give us instructions on what to do when the train reaches destinations that make us uncomfortable, such as illness. However, our God did leave us a manual on how to live life. The human brain takes eighteen years to grow but a lifetime to mature. We have to constantly fill our mind with good and positive information so that we can have a better influence on our lives. Our thought patterns can change and do change over the years.

When our train pulls into the diagnosis train station, our immediate response is panic, fear, unbelief and uncertainty. It’s really difficult to think positive thoughts at that particular time when the doctors are giving their opinion about why we are ill and telling us all the horrible things we will face. We are all human; there is an adjustment period. The sooner we grab hold of our thought processes and start to understand what God has to say about our health, our wellness and His promises, we can begin the work of looking at our Goliath problem with new eyes.

Training our brain to think only positive thoughts is work, but the benefits to our health are quite rewarding. We are not denying the existence of our problem; we are focusing on what the Word of God states and then allowing God to work in us through faith. Many people feel helpless to change their circumstances, but we “can do all things through Christ that strengthens us.” As we trust God, it is His power that lives in us and He will change that hopeless feeling to victorious achievements. It requires taking God at His Word; asking ourselves, “What is His promise and do I believe that He will do it?” This is a battle of the mind. We must conquer the negative feelings and replace them with the truth of the Word.

A good place to start is The Bible. Let us see what God has to say and promise. As we ponder His words, we need to believe them in the literal sense. Isaiah 46:4 “I am He; I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” Jeremiah 30:17 “But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds.” Psalm 41:3 “The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness.” Think about these words; promises. He will sustain us, He will rescue us, He will restore us, He will heal our wounds, and He will restore us from our bed of illness. Instead of listening to the doom and gloom of man, we should ponder on the miracle of God’s living Word and trust Him with all our heart; He knows what we are going through and Jeremiah 29:11 states, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord; plans to prosper you and not to harm you.”

All aboard!! Let’s start to change our negative thoughts into positive ones; the ones that God wants us to believe in faith. All God wants from us is belief, faith and trust that He will keep His Word. He does all the rest.

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