"Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" Mark 9:24 (NIV)
Our beliefs form the foundation of our values, create who we are and shape our future. They the photo image of our current condition and a prediction of our tomorrow. For example, If you believe strongly in the spiritual bond of family then your commitment will be to a regular family devotion.
Positive belief induces hope and is empowering. While negative belief places a limit on one and his potentials. We all have the capacity to become great except for our limiting beliefs. When you're limited by belief, you accept that there are certain things you can't have or become not because life itself doesn't want you to have them but somewhere deep within, you have accepted the fact that you aren't good enough for it. Whatever affects your believes, affects your thinking and ultimately influences your actions and results.
Some of our limiting beliefs were handed down to us right from childhood. These beliefs have governed our actions and attitude through life. We also adopt limiting beliefs through failures and setbacks which have formed rules that guide future attempts.
Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
One of the methods of overcoming limiting beliefs is by asking yourself questions that confirms your beliefs as lies. For example, when a limiting belief like this arises in you, "My income can't hit N1m mark." Ask yourself: who is saying my income can't hit N1m mark? Who is stopping me from achieving this? Is this statement the truth about my life or a fact made up by me? Your answers will confirm your belief as lies created by your own mind. Making this into an habit will help weaken the power of limiting beliefs over your life. Another method is through positive self talk which increases confidence in your ability to create a life of success. Like the father in our bible text, you can also cry out to God to help you overcome negative beliefs and help you grow faith to see, believe and only expect positive outcome.
There are great possibilities around you that can only become visible when limiting beliefs have been flushed out. By consciously choosing your belief you enhance the quality of your life beyond your own imagination. There are times you may need to check on your beliefs to ascertain if your life is progressing as planned. Your beliefs hold the key to your true happiness in life.
No matter how far you have been limited by your beliefs, you can consciously replace them with positive ones. The mind is so powerful that it works with whatever has been programmed into it, positive or negative. There is an inner power you can tap into when you condition your mind to accept positive beliefs.
Today's Action Plan
• Think on areas of your life where progress have been crippled by negative beliefs.
• Write out these limiting beliefs for each area.
• Begin to replace each one with a positive belief.
Clue: Limiting beliefs tell you why it won't work out, empowering beliefs gives reasons why it will.
Build a list of these reasons to counter every negative belief that have pulled you back before now.
As these positive beliefs release your potentials, you gain freedom to stretch beyond the limits of your past beliefs.
God bless you as you match into the future with positive outlook to life. Have a flourishing day.
No comments:
Post a Comment