Have you ever noticed that when talking to people that the first excuse they give is not really, shall we say, accurate? Many times we say things simply because we think they will sound good. They're not our real reason. But, we don't want to go into the real reason. We may not want others to know what the real reason is for an excuse. And really, we may not even want to "dig deeper" into understanding what our real reason really is, for whatever excuse we give. Instead of living in a place of "truth" we live in a cloud of excuses that may not be based in facts.
When you get right down to it, it appears that there are two opposing forces at work in us all the time. They are opposed to each other. There are forces of faith, hope, love, courage, and more telling us that we can do it, there is a solution, you can find a way. And then there are forces of doubt, despair, bitterness, hate, fear telling us that we can't do it, there is no solution, you're stuck, learn to live with it.
It is my firm belief that we are called to be overcomers. We are designed to overcome whatever situations we are facing. It is built into us by design. We all have different things to overcome. It is the struggle to overcome our situations that helps us to grow and develop. When we choose to overcome, we set out on a journey that will change us. We'll never be the same again.
But, I think some people loose sight of their design. They choose to settle at a place in life. And then they surround themselves with excuses, that sound good, as for why they can't overcome. If the excuses aren't based in truth, then we run the real danger of entering into a place of delusion. We may have all kinds of opportunities around us to overcome our situations, but we can't "see" them. Having eyes, we can't see. Having ears, we can't hear. And our understanding becomes "darkened".
The problem with doubt and fear is that they are like curtains covering windows in our minds. We can't see out the windows because the curtains are covering the windows. On the other side of the windows may be our solutions that we desperately need. To draw back the curtains covering our windows will require some faith and hope. It will require us to challenge every excuse we've given ourselves as to why it can't be done.
We may not have the solutions to our situations. No mater how hard we try and figure it out on our own, we may not be able to come up with the solutions. But, if we start to believe that someone else might have the solutions we need, and we start to look for people that can help us, then we're on the road to becoming an overcomer. Becoming an overcomer starts with believing that you can be an overcomer. And, it starts with humbling ourselves and asking for help when we need it.
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When you get right down to it, it appears that there are two opposing forces at work in us all the time. They are opposed to each other. There are forces of faith, hope, love, courage, and more telling us that we can do it, there is a solution, you can find a way. And then there are forces of doubt, despair, bitterness, hate, fear telling us that we can't do it, there is no solution, you're stuck, learn to live with it.
It is my firm belief that we are called to be overcomers. We are designed to overcome whatever situations we are facing. It is built into us by design. We all have different things to overcome. It is the struggle to overcome our situations that helps us to grow and develop. When we choose to overcome, we set out on a journey that will change us. We'll never be the same again.
But, I think some people loose sight of their design. They choose to settle at a place in life. And then they surround themselves with excuses, that sound good, as for why they can't overcome. If the excuses aren't based in truth, then we run the real danger of entering into a place of delusion. We may have all kinds of opportunities around us to overcome our situations, but we can't "see" them. Having eyes, we can't see. Having ears, we can't hear. And our understanding becomes "darkened".
The problem with doubt and fear is that they are like curtains covering windows in our minds. We can't see out the windows because the curtains are covering the windows. On the other side of the windows may be our solutions that we desperately need. To draw back the curtains covering our windows will require some faith and hope. It will require us to challenge every excuse we've given ourselves as to why it can't be done.
We may not have the solutions to our situations. No mater how hard we try and figure it out on our own, we may not be able to come up with the solutions. But, if we start to believe that someone else might have the solutions we need, and we start to look for people that can help us, then we're on the road to becoming an overcomer. Becoming an overcomer starts with believing that you can be an overcomer. And, it starts with humbling ourselves and asking for help when we need it.
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