Vision and Complacency 5
WELCOME to another edition of Leading Right. I am Abiodun Fijabi.
Contentment? Yes! Complacency? No. Contentment is your happiness with your present state in life. You need to be happy about who you are and the little or much achievements you have made in life. Indeed, you can not move forward in your desire to impact your world until you come to terms with who you are and your current state in life. A heart of gratitude to God frees your mind from the clusters of pains and worries. It puts you in the right position to think again and rightly too. It might seem contradictory, but contentment is your best shot to break from the grip of complacency. No wonder the Bible says, “In all things give thanks.” Thanksgiving is an attitude of Godly contentment and as the Bible says, “Godliness with contentment is a great gain.”
Take a stock of your life as you settle down to a new day today. Do you have reasons to call it quit and just run off with a mediocre vision of the future? What about yourself and your past make you sad? Do you have a reason to bemoan your misfortune and walk around with your head bowed? When was the last time you really smiled to yourself? When was the last time you fell on your knees to pray and all you could say to God was, “Thank you”? Thanking God in all things – the good and the bad times – may seem illogical. But that’s probably because you have not tried it before.
Now, do this today. Get a list of things you are happy with yourself about. It could be that you are holding a job in the midst of a huge labour market. You may have an understanding and caring spouse, despite the challenges you are facing. Perhaps your kids are the greatest kids in the world. Now, it’s just not possible for you not have a reason to give thanks. If you look well enough, you will find a reason to burst into instantaneous praise.
With this attitude, think of the things you are not happy about. Those sad memories that are better forgotten. Those fears that cripple your focus and make the future look bleak. Those people you hate with a passion. That prostrate position to which you have fallen and from which you do not believe you can rise up. That book you have left unwritten for years. As you joyfully look at your challenges, you are bound to begin to see the way out. Praise attitude seems to call God into the picture. Well, the Bible says, “God inhabits the praise of His people.” Literally, it means God tabernacles where praise is. I like that. You should too. Can you think of a better way to develop a vision for change?
Sing a new song today. Look into the future with hope. See the light at the end of the tunnel. It is a brand new day. It is the day the Lord has made, you should rejoice and be glad in it.
Contentment? Yes! Complacency? No. Contentment is your happiness with your present state in life. You need to be happy about who you are and the little or much achievements you have made in life. Indeed, you can not move forward in your desire to impact your world until you come to terms with who you are and your current state in life. A heart of gratitude to God frees your mind from the clusters of pains and worries. It puts you in the right position to think again and rightly too. It might seem contradictory, but contentment is your best shot to break from the grip of complacency. No wonder the Bible says, “In all things give thanks.” Thanksgiving is an attitude of Godly contentment and as the Bible says, “Godliness with contentment is a great gain.”
Take a stock of your life as you settle down to a new day today. Do you have reasons to call it quit and just run off with a mediocre vision of the future? What about yourself and your past make you sad? Do you have a reason to bemoan your misfortune and walk around with your head bowed? When was the last time you really smiled to yourself? When was the last time you fell on your knees to pray and all you could say to God was, “Thank you”? Thanking God in all things – the good and the bad times – may seem illogical. But that’s probably because you have not tried it before.
Now, do this today. Get a list of things you are happy with yourself about. It could be that you are holding a job in the midst of a huge labour market. You may have an understanding and caring spouse, despite the challenges you are facing. Perhaps your kids are the greatest kids in the world. Now, it’s just not possible for you not have a reason to give thanks. If you look well enough, you will find a reason to burst into instantaneous praise.
With this attitude, think of the things you are not happy about. Those sad memories that are better forgotten. Those fears that cripple your focus and make the future look bleak. Those people you hate with a passion. That prostrate position to which you have fallen and from which you do not believe you can rise up. That book you have left unwritten for years. As you joyfully look at your challenges, you are bound to begin to see the way out. Praise attitude seems to call God into the picture. Well, the Bible says, “God inhabits the praise of His people.” Literally, it means God tabernacles where praise is. I like that. You should too. Can you think of a better way to develop a vision for change?
Sing a new song today. Look into the future with hope. See the light at the end of the tunnel. It is a brand new day. It is the day the Lord has made, you should rejoice and be glad in it.
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