Our life is a product of what we see II

Peace to you, dear friends! I salute you on the pages of our „Daily Word for Spiritual Edification»!

We have been talking about the fact that we can plan together with God and partner with Him to build a great future. We also established that a great future does not happen automatically.

We are believers, but that does not mean that we do not have to think about the future. We should not be careless about our future even though we believe that our future is in the hands of God. God has given us a mind and He wants us to move forward and create a wonderful future for ourselves. A person who does not care about his future usually turns out to be a failure. It is very important to plan for the future and to envision it.

«Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us…»(Ephesians, 3:20)

Yesterday we discussed the idea that God first places some images of what He wants us to become in our minds. That means we first need to accept God’s plan and ponder upon it, or we will never have it. And in order to start pondering upon it, we need to see this plan in our minds. What we cannot see we cannot have. God wants us to stop complaining about our life and to get serious about creating a new, successful future.
The Bible says that

 „God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy, 1:7).

God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind. The phrase ‘sound mind’ means ‘healthy mind’. God wants us to use our minds and purposefully move towards our wonderful future. If you have no understanding and no ideas of what your tomorrow is going to be like, or if you really do not care about it, or you lack the vision for it, it is all wrong, because God Himself does not want you to live like that.
Many people have different excuses in this area, saying, „God alone knows my future, so why should I think about it?” Others say, „Whatever will be, will be; there is nothing I can do about it”.  
It is all a lie, and it is wrong, erroneous thinking. God is calling us to become partners with Him so that together we can design a wonderful future. God cannot do it without us, and we cannot do it without Him. If we cooperate with God, ponder upon the things He thinks and speaks of us and our future, and move towards that future, we will start seeing real changes in our lives.
Till tomorrow!
God bless you!

 

Pastor Rufus Ajiboy

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