Thought for the day

"If you are like me, you want to get on with the part of God thinking that helps us find success and fulfill our goals, answer our prayers and bring our dreams into fruition. One of the ways that we can make some quick progress is by re-defining the way we think. God-thinking will train our minds to see beyond our current circumstances and teach us how to place ourselves in the right place at the right time. Sometimes people think success is found by being at the right place at the right time, but that's not always true.

Success means different things to different people. Success can be earning a degree. For a baby, success is walking for the first time. Success can be getting a passing grade at school or walking without a walker. Success could be putting a Southern Gospel Band together or a Praise Team. It will be different for each of us.

The world teaches us that we are all falling short of this magical mark, called success. The world tells us:
You must be this or that to be successful
You must join this or that
You must have this or that
You must take this course
You must have this new car
You must use this makeup
You must take this vitamin
You must buy this new boat, home or whatever.

The world bases success on what you need to buy to get there, i.e., the accumulation of things. The world has created a false standard of how to measure success, because satan is the god of this world. The world does not recognize the successes and achievements that you have already accomplished, because by recognizing the successes and achievements that you have already accomplished, it has nothing to sell you.

God-thinking defines success differently. God-thinking acknowledges who we are today, attributing great value to each and every accomplishment and failure that we have achieved or received.