One
of the most important traits in having a winning attitude is taking full responsibility
for our actions.
This does not mean dwelling
on the error; make it, acknowledge it, correct it, then go with a positive
attitude and do your best not to repeat the mistake.
None of us has the luxury of going through life without making mistakes. The Word tells us in Romans 3:23 that all have fallen short of the Glory of God. Making mistakes is a given; how we react to them and move on is what is important. We must not forget we though we make mistakes, we also have an advocate with the father. A place to turn for the acquital for our failures.
None of us has the luxury of going through life without making mistakes. The Word tells us in Romans 3:23 that all have fallen short of the Glory of God. Making mistakes is a given; how we react to them and move on is what is important. We must not forget we though we make mistakes, we also have an advocate with the father. A place to turn for the acquital for our failures.
I Joh 2:21
My
dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody
does sin, we have an advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
Once
we recognize we have made a mistake we need to repent and take again a positive attitude; study to show ourselves approved; practice, and
then look forward to moving on in this overcoming life. Becoming negative or fearful is setting
oneself up for yet more failure.
In
the body of Christ (as in life) there are various skilled members. Each having a great importance and each a
gift to the other; when we accept this we become stronger and more apt to
win. We need one another.
Do
not become critical of others’ mistakes, instead encourage them through the
mistake unto victory. Encouraging one
another is vital. Had Barnabas not
encouraged John Mark, he may have never gone back out to help Paul on the
field, when Paul needed him.
There
are some great steps to success. Here are just a few of the simple ones:
1.
Joy
You
should enjoy what you are doing, if not, you may be on the wrong course or in
the wrong place. From your position in Christ, there are many roads, lots of
positions. Some roads lead to the
ministerial callings and/or the mission field, others to your local community
with positions that vary. You should not
be living your life tumultuously. Life
should be full of love peace and joy, as well as service.
This
does not omit times of trials and test when things might seem a little tough or
you a little low. But you should be
able to rise above those times with fair ease, knowing the joy set before
you.
Paul
while in prison spoke 19 times of joy.
He was the man who thought himself happy along the way, and wrote of
holding fast to joy unto the end.
Joy
is a powerful factor in life. Proverbs
speaks to us as to how a merry heart does good like a medicine. Both, Nehemiah, and the Psalmist speak to us
of the joy of the Lord being our strength.
And how we are to embrace each day with gladness. We are even told in Deuteronomy 28:47 how curses make their entrance into our lives if
we do not serve the Lord with joyfulness and gladness of heart.
2.
Personal responsibility
The
person who always blames others for their problems, failures and difficulties
will never become successful. They will
stay stuck where they are, without reaching the altitude that is intended for
them.
There was a man who laid daily by the pool (John chapter 5) and never obtained his
healing. He was always waiting. Waiting for someone to come and help him in
the pool to obtain a divine healing touch.
He excused himself saying, “Someone always beats me in.” “I
just can’t seem to make it. I’m to sick,
I’m to weak, I’m just not fast enough.”
All these excuses this man could have been using, since he said, “someone
always steps in before me,” and I miss out.
Jesus had no part with those excuses, instead He tells
him to get up, roll up his bed and go home.
We should never toy with people’s excuses, but instead aid them unto
success.
3.
Hold fast your confess. Take hold of the
Word of God and never let go. Continue
to hold fast to truth no matter how things look outwardly, or what people may
be saying negatively. You need to be a
finisher. Jesus is the author AND
finisher of our faith. When we step out
into a field or a position in life we must not only start, but finish to be
successful. Provided of course you are
on the right course. If not shift gears
and then move on from there, knowing that once you are in your proper position
life is not only God, but success is sure if you continue in faith.
4. Give and Receive encouragement
To
move forward happily and successfully we all need to be encouraged by others
from time to time. But in the encouragement,
we in turn must encourage others. The
Word tells us to consider others better than ourselves and to be kind one to
the other. Making some of life’s simple
principles high priorities will aid us along life’s way.
5. Never take others for granted.
Each
person is a gift to you. Even the ones
who seem to grind us like sandpaper.
That sanding will bring us forth very polished. The people who are weaker, may just be the
added strength we need to accomplish our goal.
A little is a lot when God is in it.
And the Word tells us when we are weak, He is strong, not to mention we
are to honor those who are less comely. I Cor. 12:24 For our comely parts have
no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant
honor to that part which lacked.
I Thes. 5:14 says it best:
And
we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive,
encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
