So this year has not gone as I have planned so far. There have been many set backs and there have been many times that I have wanted to give up and quit. But I am still here and as I move forward I want to spend the rest of the year thinking positive and I want to get back on track with my new year resolutions.
In order to do this I started with scripture:
And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, ‘May no fruit ever come from you again!’ And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying, ‘How did the fig tree wither at once?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, “Be lifted up and thrown into the sea”, it will be done. Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.’ Matthew 21:19-22
These verses might not seem the most appropriate for someone who is having a rough year. But this scripture tells me that my thoughts are not always about healing, saving, restoring, redeeming, etc. Jesus tells me in the verses above that faith is a force that can build up or tear down.
Positive thinking is a powerful thing, we move toward and become like what we think about. We automatically behave in ways that match the image we have of our ourselves. When we focus on what is going wrong, we tend to experience more of the problem. When we focus on what is going right, many times we can come up with a solution. Therefore, when we focus on health and wellness we move toward it, we are attracted too it.
All of our words spoken in faith, have the power to build and power to destroy. God gives us the power of words, it is up to us to determine how we use them.
So what happens if we find ourselves speaking negative and destructive words?
First, think back about all the destructive words that have been spoken to you over the years. Then release the negative and destructive words over to God and ask God to reverse each one of them into a word of praise over you. Words can be destructive, they can hurt even more when they come from inside of you. They are a constant source of hurt when your internal duologue is running constantly and is brining you down. But they can build you up when they are used int the right way.
Second, start speaking to yourself and to people all around you with words of life and healing. The more we are able to do do this the easier and more natural these words will come. When we dream it, when we envision it the more likely it will become. Then truly we can say that we have faith, and hope in ourselves and in the one who created us and who loves us.
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