Most people I meet want live large but
they are limited in their thinking. I’ve found that the choices of our thoughts
will determine the quality of our lives. When we think mediocre, limited and self-limiting
thoughts, we cripple ourselves and often produce a constricting life.
Yesterday I was ministering to a
friend. She is a concerned mother of her young daughter. She was not only
worried about her child but she admitted that she often wonders how she’ll get
a call about her daughter with some terrible news. Immediately I told her to
stop! I said, “You can’t go down the
spiral path of destructive thoughts. What you think about is what you’ll bring
about.” A little probing revealed that her young daughter is going to be
water baptized this Sunday!
Imagine! Here’s a young daughter ready
to make a stand for God but her mother is playing all these negative scenarios
in her mind. Given that the daughter has some bad company but her mother has
limited thinking. She’s not thinking big, expecting the best from her child.
What happened? She’s fallen in the trap of thinking small. She cannot see
anything good beyond her daughter’s behaviors.
I know people who are struggling in
business or to find a job because they’ve researched all the reasons why their
business will fail or they are too unfit for their dream job. This is a sad way
to live. Truth is, God often meets us at the level of our expectation. When we’re
thinking small, we’re limiting God and ourselves.
Let’s say you’re a realtor. Isn’t it
as easy to ask for a listing of a million dollar house as it is for a 100K
family home? As an insurance person, isn’t it the same work to insure a million
dollars asset than a 200K one? As a parent, isn’t it as easy to believe that
you child will be the next genius than to think he will end up behind bars?
What’s the problem here? We’re crippling our own future by our limited thinking.
The number one cause for this is our fear of failure or rejection. It’s almost
sin for us to think we’ll be in national or international arena. It’s hard for
us to believe that our children will find a solution to cancer. It’s hard to
imagine that you’ll never have to struggle for money again. Yet, God has said, “All things are possible for them who
believe.”
Today, I challenge you to think big. It
will not only propel your life to another level but it will also give you
influence over many. When the negative, small thoughts flood your mind, replace
them with big thoughts. Don’t just have little dreams for yourself and your family,
have some God-size dreams.
“I've
lived long life, Cadmos, but the glory and the memory of men will always belong
to the ones who follow their great visions.” – Old Ptolemy
speaking of Alexander the Great
My friend, let’s attempt great things for God and expect great
things from God. Let us dream big and encourage others to do the same. The
greatness of God dwells in you. What we achieve in life depends on the vision
we set for ourselves. You, only you determine the limits to the sky. Everything
about our God is spectacularly big. Why limit ourselves? Think BIG and take
corresponding actions!
“Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who
believes in me will also do what I'm doing. He will do even greater things than
these, because I'm going to the Father”
(John 14:12 ISV).
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