New Years resolutions are just guidelines we set that we think will help us to become the person we have always wanted to be. A skinner, well read version of ourselves. We set all kinds of rules but a lack of consistency keeps us from seeing much change and by June we abandon all hope.
Instead of changing he way we behave to change the person we are right now, we should try to change the way we think to change our behavior. Long lasting real change is truly a matter of the heart.
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Proverbs 4:23
Whats in your heart? The thoughts that you feed will drive the direction of your heart. The direction of your heart will drive your actions. You have heard it said you cant keep a bird from flying over your head but you can keep it from building a nest in your hair. It is so important to be intentional about the thoughts you choose to meditate on. If you focus on what the world has to say and how it defines you than the world will drive your actions. If you focus on your enemies than your enemies will drive your actions. The same goes for the word of God.
“but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.”
Psalms 1:2-3
The more we meditate on the Lord and his will for us than He and His word will feed our drive our actions. If we want to be more like God and come into the full potential he has for you than that is were our focus needs to be.
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