It is not by Will Power, but Thought Power

Not many people have seen me lose my cool, but I've have been guilty and embarrassed a few times when I have.

It is during those times that  I've seen my own true colors as well as of those of others.

Proverbs 23:7 ⁷For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:
Thinketh - The Hebrew verb is found here only, and probably means, "as he is all along in his heart, so is he (at last) in act."


Our reactions define who we really are inside. Reactions are not premediated actings springing from our best motive, carefully thought out, planned and weighed. They are emotional responses, breaking looses when we feel hurt, cheated, used, or misunderstand.

I almost never go a day without wanting to rip someone's head off. Fortunately, I have controlled myself and have not done that but I have had a few emotional outburts which I'm not very proud of.

For the most part, we lose our preserved "front" when we are pressured beyond calculated thinking. then, who we really are is made manifest.

The good news is when we stop and take an inventory of our thought life, we can choose to change our thoughts that will change the way we feel and the way we react. Our reactions are our thought life inside out.

The way we think every day determines the way we feel, which will evidently determine how we react.

Our heart is filled with thoughts and it is out our hearts, the mouth speaks either words of praise or bitterness. I've never heard a negative person speak postiviely and vis versa.

I have tried many times to control myself and give myself a prep talk to maintain my cool around irritating people and situations but it is not by will power. I need to continually check to see my thoughts toward this person. Haven't you noticed when you don't like someone and you h ave made up your mind that you don't like that , no matter what they say or do is annoying and offensive? But I challenge you to think otherwise and see how things will start to shift.


 Solution:

Romans 12:2

New International Version (NIV)

² Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.