How You View
Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back.
Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now.
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
It’s great to laugh, especially when humor exposes some truth if you take time to think about it. Some sage wisdom in the Bible presents itself almost as humorous.
Proverbs 22:13 The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”
Notice that it does not say, “the fearful man says.” It says, “the lazy man says.”
You might imagine the motive for the man not wanting to go out is one of being afraid of the lion. But in this case, a veiled confession of fear is simply a way of escaping the call to go out.
It reveals how easy it can be for someone to say one thing while thinking the opposite.
Proverbs 23:7 in the Bible says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.”
This reveals that “How you view is how you do.”
You can have a view of abundance or scarcity. Both perspectives can be correct based on how you look at them. But they produce different fruit in the end.
A person who believes in the possibility of abundance will position themselves to obtain it. A person who believes in scarcity will throw up their hands in surrender and accept lack.
Jesus said, “I have come to give life and to give it more abundantly.”
How you view is how you do. If your view is more of an I am barely saved, and I can only hope it is enough to get me to heaven, then you will posture yourself according to how you view it. But if your view is that the life you received is an overflowing eternal life, you are enabled for far greater things.
I ride a motorcycle, and one of the most basic things to know is to always look in the direction you intend to turn. This is true of riding a bicycle too. You see, where you look is where you will go. Your view determines your direction.
The way you think matters. Your thoughts are your view. This is why we must wash our thoughts with the water of His word. Putting in the correct information according to the truth He speaks sets us up to have a better view of things.
There’s no escaping the reality that how you view is how you do. But you can program your thinking in such a way as to benefit yourself and others. Letting the word of God dwell in you richly is a great place to start.
I encourage you to get as much of what He has to say to you in your thoughts as possible and meditate on it. Confess it until it becomes a part of you! Let it become your view, and watch how many fantastic opportunities present themselves to you.
