Outdo Your Past!!!!

In life, you must never compare yourself with others; rather, run your own race and be the best of you..... The Bible talks about '' The Race '' that is set before you; thus you're not called to run someone else's race.. Hence, its needless to engage in any kind of unhealthy rivalry or competition with others.. You're only permitted to compete with yourself and outdo your past.. Never allow yourself to be discouraged when it seems as though those around you are making more progress than you are; you're not running the same race...

That someone else is succeeding doesn't mean you're failing.. It all depends on individual aims and targets, or set out objectives.. Success is relative, and is measured at different stages, never forget that.... Take for instance, two men who are building their houses.. While one lays a not -to-deep foundation and starts erecting a bungalow, the other one take his time to dig deep because he wants to erect a five-storied building.. The former may finish his building and even start living in it, while the latter is yet digging his foundation...

Now, the first man may even jeer at his colleague and mockingly ask him, '' Are you still digging? '' I have finished building my own house! ''.. But what he doesn't realize is that they aren't aiming for the same thing.. The fellow who spent a long time digging knew that his foundation had to be deep enough to accommodate the tall building he intends to put up, for the higher you want to build, the deeper your foundation ought to be...

At the end of the day, when both houses are built, the difference will be clear between the two buildings... If the fellow building the storied house had gotten into unhealthy competition and became discouraged that the other fellow had already moved into his house while he was still digging his foundation, he would never have completed his own masterpiece...

So in life, focus on your race! Set your gaze upon the Master and run your race to win, seeking only to outdo your past... Compete only with yourself based on God's plan for your own life.. When you have this consciousness, your life will be full of rest, and you'll learn to measure your success through the the Word...

Scripture Reading
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witness, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;(Hebrews 12:1-3)

You Have The Mind Of Christ!!

When you were born again, you became a new creation and a partaker of God's divine nature.. That immediately made it possible for you to know the mind of God and have access to his thoughts.. No wonder the Contemporary English Version says '' we understand what christ is thinking '' (2 corinthians 2:16).. That's because as christians, we have the mind of christ.. The realities of Gods Kingdom are no longer a mystery to us since we've been brought into God's class of being, we can now function and reason like him...

Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (colossians 3:16).. As you learn God's word and store it in your heart, it influences the character of your thoughts.. You become conditioned to thinking God's thoughts.. To some folks, God is a mysterious and unpredictable personality, whose ways are past finding out... Such folks love to quote the words of the prophet Isaiah: '' my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said the LORD... For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts '' (Isaiah 55:8-9)...

The scripture addressed the Old Testament folks that weren't born again.. Today, in New Testament, the Bible declares that we have the mind of Christ; that means his ways have become our ways, and his thoughts have become our thoughts...

Get acquainted with the Lord through his words; the more you know him, the more his nature and thoughts are revealed to you, and you'll understand his ways...

Scripture Reading
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16)..

Build Up Yourself On Your '' Most Holy Faith!!''

There are two striking point I want you to note in the scripture above.. The first is the phrase '' Building Up Yourselves,'' which is translated from the Greek word ''epoikodomeo''.. It's an expression suggestive of the building of a superstructure.. It doesn't refer building in terms of constructing from scratch.. Rather, it means building a structure on an already existing foundation..

The Bible lets us know that God has dealt with every man the measure of faith (Romans 12;3).. It's now up to you to grow that faith and build a superstructure on it.... In essence, the faith given to you by God is the foundation you need to build a life of success, prosperity, victory and divine health..

The second point from these opening scripture I want you to note is the term ''Most Holy Faith''.. This refers to your ''High Level Of Faith''. Faith is experienced at different levels... Sometimes, while under the influence of God's word, your faith can be stirred strong, and at such moments you're inspired to take supernatural steps; you're energized to speak God's word with power and do exploits.. Such high moments and soaring levels of faith is what Bible refers to as your ''Most Holy Faith''...

Your ''Most Holy Faith'' is the highest level your faith has attained at any given time, and the lord is saying to you '' Build up a superstructure on that highest level of faith''.. Never let your faith fluctuate; let that highest level become your benchmark and new lowest level... According to the scriptures, the way to do this is by praying in the Holy Ghost...

As one who is born again, you already have the God kind of faith, it's given to you small, and that little measure you're got isn't enough for everything!! It's got to grow!! You've got to develop your faith to it's highest level.. Thus the more you speak in tongues and pray in the Holy Ghost, the more your faith elevated to it's highest level... This is why praying in other tongues is such an indispensable spiritcal activity for every believer.. Keep increasing your faith through the word (Romans 10;17), and build up yourself on your most holy faith, stabilize at your highest level of faith by praying fervently in the Holy Ghost always...

Scripture Reading
Jude 1:20 - But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost...

The Transforming Power Of The Word...

The word of God has the ability to produce what it talks about. When it addresses a particular situation to align with the word.. For example, when God was creating the world, he didn't have to roll out bulldozers and cranes from heaven.. All he did was speak; He released his word and by it created the whole world..

God's word is the solution to every challenge. It is potent and efficacious.. It's the infallible universal panacea.. It has inherit ability to cause changes.. This is why it's imperative for you as a christian to study and imbibe God's word, for it has the ability to transform your life, energize you for victory, and programme you for success..

As you meditate on the word, there's a transformation- a metamorphosis that takes place in your life; the word produces in you what it talks about.. If a poor person for example, kept studying and confessing the word regarding his inheritance and riches in christ, his life will be compelled to go in that direction.. That's the transforming ability of God's word; it comes to you with the capacity and power to make you exactly what it says..

If you're facing any difficulty in your life today, or maybe you simply desire a change, don't despair. What you need is to get into the word and locate the scriptures that deal with that situation and begin to meditate on them.. There'll be a transforming, a positive change will be effected un your life

Scripture Reading
Romans 12;2 - And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable and perfect, will of God...