Right Attitude
“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12:2.
The saying is true that, ‘we can alter our life by altering our attitude,’
God said, ‘As a man thinks in his heart, so is he’ Proverbs 23:7.
A lot of times, it is our thoughts, and not our circumstances, that determine our happiness. We keep thinking we will be happy when certain things happen.
For example, a student might say, ‘When I graduate, then I will be happy.’ And after graduation, he is happy, for a while. Next, ‘When I get a job, I will be happy.’ And he is, at least for a while. Next, When I get a better job, etc…
The graduation from school brings the same promise, so does his getting a job, and getting a better job and buying a car or a house. But the problem is, he hasn’t learned how to be happy between happenings.
When your happiness is controlled by something outside yourself, you will always be hostage to people, places, and things.
That’s not how God wants you to live – a victim of circumstances beyond your control. The psalmist said, ‘I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth’ Psalm 34:1.
David chose the right attitude, and you have to do the same! You also must maintain it. That’s the hard part. It’s like the old farmer who said, ‘The hardest thing about milking cows is – they don’t stay milked!’ And it’s the same with attitudes; they don’t stay changed. You have to work on them every day; it’s called renewing your mind.
And the way you do it is by getting into God’s Word and getting His Word into you.
Are you doing that regularly?