Re-choice!

Choice is unique to human beings.  We can actually choose the kind of life that we desire.  Animals cannot choose, they just respond to the stimuli in their environment and act according to instinct.  Come to think of it, that reminds me of most of the humans I know!

You, yes YOU can choose.  You can choose to be happy or sad.  You can choose to be good or bad.  You can choose to be wealthy or in lack.  Your life, to date, is the sum total of your choices.  You can’t blame ANYONE or ANYTING for the way your life has thus turned out.  You have to look in the mirror and take total responsibility because the life you live is your choice—for better or worse.

I have good news for you; you can re-choice!  You can make different choices and change the outcome of your life.  Don’t be like a dog that just reacts to the environment, exercise your will and make a great choices.  You can be a looser or a chooser; it’s totally up to you.  You can choose to watch CNN (Constant Negative News) or you can read a good book like THE GO-GIVER or THE SLEIGHT EDGE or BEACH MONEY.  You can choose to fill you mind with possibilities or complain about the world and everything in it.  You can take action to make a difference or you can let the environment take action on you.  You can mold or be molded.  The choice is ALWAYS yours.

Humans have a tendency to give up their humanness and act like cattle, just following the herd.  I like what my coworker says, “Look at where the crowds are going and choose the opposite direction!”  Don’t sacrifice your right to make good choices by playing it “safe” and following the crowd.  Jesus said, “Narrow is the way.”  The crowds don’t take the narrow way; they go the broad and easy way.  The crowds are making easy, mindless choices; they are mindlessly following the crowd to NOWHERE!  They do their jobs, come home and mindlessly sit in front of the boob tube or surf the net and then go to bed only to get up the next morning and do this insanity all over again!   There are different choices one can make those choices can change everything.

What kind of life do you want?  Do you want to be common or extraordinary?  Do you want to make a difference during your stay on earth or just follow the crowd?  You have to choose.  You may not be where you want to be right now, but you can re-choice!  Don’t be a loser and cop-out of making a choice to be above the crowd, to be a better person who will make a difference.    

To be a re-choicer, you must have faith.  What is faith?  Faith believes the incredible, sees the invisible and receives the impossible.  Your faith should not be misguided.  Your faith must be in God who, according to the Bible, “Calls things not being, as being.”  God is the source of all.  He made you.  He made you with the ability to choose.  He gave you the power to make good choices, choices that can produce good results.  He even gave you the power to make great choices that will issue in stratospheric results!  God didn’t create losers; He created choosers.  Don’t be a loser; be a chooser! 

If your past is full of bad choices, right NOW, you can re-choice!  You can choose THIS DAY what you will do, who you will become, and what you will possess.  Your choices will need faith, especially if you chose to be an outstanding citizen.  Especially if you choose to be something more than you can “see” now.

How do you feel right now?  Is your life the way you want it?  Are you unsettled in you thoughts?  Are you where you want to be in life?  Whatever the answer to these questions, rejoice that you can re-choice!  You can change.  You can do or be whatever you desire.  Have faith and make a decision to do the “impossible” for all things are possible to the one who believes. 

Re-choice!

A Call to Action

The ultimate test of faith is action.  Faith is the substance of things you HOPE for and the EVIDENCE of the things you do not see.  However faith by itself will not result in anything.  Faith requires action.

Many people claim to have the faith necessary to see their dreams become a reality, but never take consistent action to see the unseen become a reality.  When you have faith that what you desire will become your reality you will be required to take some action.

The Bible speaks of 4 men who wanted to see their lame friend healed.  They didn’t just believe.  They took action!  Actually, the action they took was crazy!  You see, the house where Jesus was staying was so crowded that there was no way for these men to get their friend to Him the conventional way.  So they lifted their friend to the rooftop and took a portion of the roof out and lowered their friend before Jesus.  The Bible then says that Jesus SAW their faith.  What did the Lord see?  ACTION!  He saw faith in action!  Based on their faith in action, Jesus healed the lame man.

The same applies to anything where faith is required.  You may have faith to become financially independent through your network marketing business, but without action, it most likely will not happen.  You need to take steps every day to see your dreams solidify.  In past articles, I refer to this action as the sleight edge.  Do something to demonstrate your faith day by day and eventually you will reach your dream.  It’s the little steps that add up to the big event.

Don’t fall for all the hype presented on the Internet today. If someone tells you that you can replace your income in 90 days, RUN!  Unless you are making $100 a month, that is. There are no automatic cash cows, at least in the beginning.  The income will be automatic, but only after applied faith, that is, action taken day by day until you get to the point that cash flows automatically with little or no effort.   That realistically will take 3-5 years, or more, depending on the action you take every day.

Do you have faith in something unseen?  If so, go to work; demonstrate your faith through works until you have the things you hope for. 

 

Exercise Your Faith for Success

According to the Bible, faith is the “assurance” of things hoped for, the “proof “of what is not seen.   Assurance and proof are pretty strong words for something that you don’t have in your experience yet; for something that you can not SEE.   But when you think about it, it’s all a matter of perspective.

A great way to understand this is to look at a farmer.  He sows seeds and has “faith” that a crop will be produced.  He doesn’t worry or fret about it; he just expects that it will happen.  He has faith that the seed planted will produce the intended crop.

My employer deposits my wages directly into my bank account.  I have faith that the monies I earned will be in my account every other Friday.  I do not give it a second thought.  I “know” that the money will be there even though it’s not in my “experience” now.   I don’t check my account to see if it’s there; I know that it is.  The farmer learned to trust the seed and I learned to trust my employer by exercising faith.  The more one learns to trust, the more faith they develop.

Faith needs to be developed.  The more you exercise or use your faith, the greater it will become.  The speed that your dreams become a reality depends on the development of your faith.  Anything you can conceive and believe can be achieved, but it largely depends on your faith, the belief that what you conceive is achieved already.  It is just a matter of time before it’s manifestation.

Thomas Edison “knew” that he would develop the light bulb.  Henry Ford “knew” that he would develop the V-8 engine.  These gentlemen had no concept that it could not be done.  The farmer knew the corn crop was in the seed in his hand.  All of these men “knew” that what they dreamed was done already; they just needed to discover its reality.  These men acted in faith.

Henry Ford said, “If you believe you can or you can’t; you are right.”  Whatever you believe is so, IS SO.  If you believe you can be a millionaire and have the faith necessary; it will be so.  It is just a matter of time.  Just like the farmer who has faith in the seed, if you have faith in your ability to be a millionaire, it can be your reality.

Being a millionaire is not a matter of smarts; it’s a matter of belief.  What do believe about you?  Do you believe what others say about you?  Do you believe what your parents, teachers, or the environment has programmed into you?  Do you know that you were created by God to express greatness?  That greatness does not depend on education or smarts; it depends on your faith!  By faith, great things are achieved, even “unbelievable” things.  So, exercise to grow your faith and watch your life change for the better.  What is now invisible will manifest before your eyes in due time.

Faith will lead you to action.  Faith will lead you to take steps to realize the thing you hope for.  When you get those hunches, act on them as quickly as possible.  For it is the action that you take, based on those hunches, that will lead you to achieve the successes that you desire. 

Thomas Edison took over 10,000 actions to achieve what he believed was possible.  Henry Ford took over 2 years to convince his engineers that 8 cylinders could be put in a single engine block.  His “educated” engineers said that it could not be done, but Ford’s faith showed them that it could be done!  The farmer took action to cultivate the land and sow the seed knowing that a crop, with a yield far greater than what was sown, would come forth. 

So what are you waiting for?  Exercise your faith, follow those hunches, take action, and just watch your dreams manifest before your eyes!  Remember that in due season you will reap if you do not faint.  That is not my opinion; it is a universal, God-given law that works every single time!

Have fun!  I look forward to hearing of your stories of faith producing successes in your life.