Negativity

With the Olympics playing on a lot of TV's around the world, we see athletes that seem to be able to do difficult tasks and they make them easy. The twist and turn, the jump off of great heights and run distances that seem impossible for the common person.

It takes training to be able to do that, countless hours of work to be able to perform at least physically like that. I would have to build my muscles and work at it. It takes a lot of patience, to be able to do what they do, but it isn't just the physical aspect of being an athlete, it is the mental aspect too.

Do you know that they have to deal with negativity every single day, not negativity from the outside, but from within themselves. I think it is easy to think that I am the only one that has to deal with being negative about myself, how I look isn't the best way, or that I am not good enough, smart enough and the list goes on. These athletes have to train their brains and then they have to realize that negativity is normal, but has to be dealt with otherwise it will mess them up, it will cause them to fail.

If athletes have realized just what negativity does to them, do you think it does the same thing to us? I believe it does, if we constantly feed the monster of doubt, then we are not growing, we are not saying the key scripture Matthew 19:26 "Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."" If I am focusing on the things that I may do wrong, instead of focusing on God, then I will do those things wrong. I need to be willing to say in and of myself I can't, but with God all things are possible.

When I focus on all the negativity, I will not grow in God, I will stay in the same place. God made me, He designed me, He wants me to trust in Him and see that He chose me to walk the road I am on and to trust in Him. Yes, I will struggle, but that doesn't mean that I throw in the towel and focus on all the negativity. I believe Satan wants us to see all the negative things in our lives, because he knows the power of negativity, he knows how it will destroy us from the inside out. Yes although negativity is normal, we do not have to feed the beast, we have to ask God to help us to starve the beast, stop feeding into the negative self talk. Stop saying I am not good enough, or that I am not handsome enough, or smart enough, quick enough and say God I need Your help, I want to be who you call me to be, I can't do it, but You can. Help me to stop feeding the negative voices that say I am not worth it, that I can't do it and start believing in Your word.

It is time that we start trusting God, He made us, He hand picked us, He designed us, He wants to change us. Isn't it time that we stop feeding the beast that comes to rob, steal and destroy and start trusting God, that He has a plan and a purpose for our lives.

This song is on my heart this morning:

Blessed Assurance

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine;
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Savior am happy and blest;
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.