Thoughts Become Things

Psalm 139:13–15

"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth."

2 Corinthians 5:17

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."

We cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with how we see ourselves. Thoughts become things. The Iceberg reminds us we must first lead ourselves before leading others. The Starving Baker reminds us we must take time to feed ourselves before attempting to pour into others. This week, the Golden Buddha will be a reminder to be sober minded in reading ourselves before we read others. Take an inventory this week on your God-given gifts and see if these gifts have been shaping your self image. Thoughts become things. Charles Spurgeon 

Once wrote, "God's thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return". 

That's why we often speak of athletes "seeing it, feeling it, hearing it" in their mind long before it's played out in the arena. This applies to everything. Many times it's as simple as a word or phrase: "I'm a Christian so I don't do that" or "I'm capable of doing this".