START THINKING OF TOMORROW

START THINKING OF TOMORROW

A man’s life is grossly predicated upon the quality of his thoughts. You are as strong as your thinking power. Thoughts are very powerful for it is the brewing house for destinies. Like I would always say; “you are the architect of your destiny”. True, God is in control of everything and has our destinies in his hands. But the reality is that not many people end up well and you wouldn’t blame God for their woes. Gods wish like He said is that we prosper and have good health as our souls prospers. If anyone ends up badly he should not therefore blame it on God. God gave everybody equal chances and a level play ground, but some do better than others.

God Himself is a thinker. No wonder everything He did are perfect and well laid out because they were well thought out. He said “I know the thoughts I think towards you”.

So God thinks. His thoughts for us are thoughts of good and not of evil, to give us a future and a hope. If you want to key into this future and a hope God expects for you – some other versions puts it thus: to give you an expected end- you will have to learn to align your thoughts with His.

His thought for you is to give you an expected end; call it an expected future.  What future do you have if you have no expectations? Expectations are borne in your thinking. What you are expecting is what you think about and that is what you get. What then do you get if you are not expecting anything? because, you are not thinking about anything.

Start thinking about tomorrow. Design a tomorrow of your desire now in your mind and watch it birthed spontaneously. You are the architect of your tomorrow if you know how to fuse into Gods thought for you.

One fact still remains, you can only conveniently go forward; which by implication means that you go in the direction that you face. If you keep dwelling on your past, that is what you think about; invariably, that is where you face and that is where you are headed for. Your past is a forgotten reality. It is as good as non-existent. Dwelling in it is as living in a non-existent world. It takes you back and leaves you to be a relic of your true personality. The past holds nothing for anybody. Yesterday is gone with all its pains and gains, glories and agonies. All the failures and defeats of yesterday went with yesterday. All the victories and triumphs of yesterday died with yesterday.

 Ruminating upon the ups and downs of yesterday leaves you to build antiquities upon a world that will never be. It obscures you from seeing the reality called today and debars you from entering a world of endless opportunities, whose doors are wide open without bars or barriers, called tomorrow. All the people I know who dwell on their past whether good or bad, are always filled with self-pity, bitterness, discouragement and fear of the future.    

Because yesterday is already gone, it is already defeated with its glories and woes. If you hang in there, you become defeated even before you begin or even tried.

 Let the failures and defeats of yesterday spur you up to conquer your tomorrow. Learn from the failures and defeats. Resolve to correct the wrongs and come out better. Let the experience of yesterday become a platform to do more, shine brighter and be better experienced. Don’t fool yourself; failure is inevitable, it is only a pathway to success. Even the just falls but he rise again and learn from the fall.

Let the triumphs and glories of yesterday stir up that latent greatness in you, provoking you to stretch yourself some more. Yesterday’s glory is not good enough for today. Set new record. Some years back 10.09 sec was the world record for 100m sprint in athletics. Today, it is no where close to the new record of 9.sec. In summary, yesterday is no longer your own. Discard it. Stop sulking about the disappointments you’ve had and how you’ve been maltreated. Who did what and who didn’t shouldn’t matter to an achiever. The world is moving ahead. Move on along.

 Today is the only day you have. What you make of it will determine what tomorrow will bring forth. If you have missed yesterday’s opportunities, if you have made a wreck of yesterday, you have today to erase all of that and begin on a fresh page.

Today is very important. It is upon the foundation you lay today that tomorrow’s building blocks are set. What structure do you hope to build tomorrow? Lay the foundation today. Let your foundation be structured to hold your tomorrow’s dream. Start thinking about tomorrow as you live today.

Do not let the circumstances define you. You can actually define your circumstances. Worrying about today’s situation cannot hand you a desired tomorrow. Remember, worry is like a rocking chair that gives you so much to do and takes you to nowhere. Rather, engage your mind in a more prospective planning by designing now in your thoughts a more fruitful and a better tomorrow. It all begins in the mind: fertilized, conceived and birthed.

Design your tomorrow now and create a picture of your expected future in your mind. The most powerful tool God gave to man is his mind. That’s where life’s details are incubated and hatched before visible manifestations. He is a focused man who has expectations. The man without expectations just gets by and has no choice but to accept whatever life pushes at him.

Just as your body will always go in the direction of your eyes, so your life goes in the direction of your vision. What you see is what you get. There is a supernatural propensity for your life to drive in the direction of your expectations.

Pause for a moment and ask yourself some questions.

• What do you want to make out of life?
• How do you want tomorrow to be like for you?
• If given an opportunity to design you tomorrow, what would you do with the opportunity?

Now, you have the opportunity in your hand and the painting tools in your mind, get busy. Design your tomorrow and don’t lose sight of it. Let that picture remain in your daily thoughts and I guarantee you by God’s word, you will have it. “As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Prov. 23:7

You can never over-emphasize the power of imagination. Even God attests to this truth: “And the Lord said,…nothing they have imagined they can do will be impossible for them” Gen. 11:6. First, it is brewed in the mind, and then the rest is a world of possibilities. But then, you must imagine it first. No vision, no drive. No expectation, no pull.  There has to be something to live for.

God told Abraham – as far as he could see, that he would get – Gen. 13:14-15. Abraham immediately began to see in his mind a broad picture.  And true to it, he got as far as he saw. What do you see? Start now to see. If you are thoughtless, you will be thankless. If you are thoughtful today, you will have a cause to be thankful tomorrow. The best is yet to be born. 2009 can still be the best year you will ever have. You only need to start now to make it so.

Definitely, things will seem to go wrong along the way and events may take a turn contrary to your expectation, but deliberately delight yourself in your expectation. Keep the right attitude. Dictate your mood and not the circumstances around dictating to you. Remember, no one can make you unhappy. It’s a choice you make. Don’t lose your steam because things are not happening the way you expect them to. “Wait for it” the bible says. How soon it comes through to you depends on the attitude you keep

-          Remember, ‘He can who thinks he can’

-          With your attitude right, do not lose sight of your vision. Keep your goals and target in focus and you can’t miss it.

The only hindrance I see to your achieving your thoughts in 2009 is you. Keep the right spirit even in the face of seemingly opposition and you can’t miss your expectation. Obstacles are the things you see when you take your eyes off your target.

T  hink possibility and positivity.

H ave a right spirit towards life

I  mbibe into your mind what it should reproduce for you.

N ever give up even in the face of seemingly opposition

K eep the right attitude.

Every good thing must be tested. Your good thoughts must be challenged by the tides and storms of life, tenacity in the face of the storm will see you through with God on your side.

Have a fruitful, successful, prosperous, and fulfilling year 2009 ahead.

Happy New year!!!