In the midst of a process of change in our lives there are often heart issues that need resolution before we can begin to address the behaviors. In other circumstances, there is not only a heart issue but also a situation where a change in your thinking needs to take place. Often times, I have found that this is the hardest step of all. It is the part of the process that trips up great people and keeps them going around and around the mountain of their walk. I have revisited the same situations and patterns repeatedly because I didn’t rely on God to change my thinking.
I am passionate about learning from great leaders; I feel like they have opened a door and let us see inside their hearts and minds. There is so much power in the way that we think. I have watched in amazement as my own plans and dreams and desires fall underfoot when exposed to the harsh realities of my own insecurities and fears. The scripture “as a man thinks in his heart, so he is” is so true! I have had so many life changing ideas, strategies and plans that in the light of day fade to impossibility because I allow my thoughts to derail me.
When change is on the horizon of my life, I am trying to learn a better way. I have found it helpful to think ahead and beginning to try to anticipate how I will react in my spirit and mind.
Often as I watch an athlete take the field, or when I see an actor accept a major award, I begin to try and imagine what that feels like to achieve a major dream.
I know that there must be something different in the way that they think, because otherwise greatness would not be theirs. I have begun to implement this idea into my own major life changes.
Ultimately God sees us through and leads us and guides us, however, I think that it greatly increases our chances for success if we try to anticipate the challenges we will face, and then be a woman of prayer around those moments.
