While I was in graduate school I went to an amazing church called New birth kingdom International church where I was constantly spiritually challenged, moulded, filled and growing in my walk with God. One of the important and prominent topics that stuck with me was the importance of having a 'decided heart.' And the fact that being "Undecided" is also being "Disobedient" to God. I never thought of it that way until I really understood the importance of having a decided heart.
"When confronted with a problem the committed heart searches for a solution, the undecided heart looks for an escape. Committed heart does not wait for situations that was exactly right. Rather they dive right in to resolve and find the solution." these were some of the words by Pastor Paulette and Pastor David that has stayed with me through the years.
While pondering on this topic and discovering myself as an adult outside of the security of being a student, I find myself constantly battling this topic of having a decided heart. Am I following my calling? Should I use all my talents and gifts as my career? Am I living in the right place or should I look for jobs in my home country? Should I be home and support and care for my parents? Or should I stay in the US and make my dreams come true?... There are so many unanswered questions about the unknown future...Yes it can be very scary! But it is also what makes life so mysterious and exciting! Especially knowing who holds my future and HE only has the BEST interest for me. All I need to do is take on step at a time and trust Him.
When I graduated from SIUC, the pastors gave me this book called "The Traveler's gift" by Andy Andrews. It is an amazing book overflowing with wisdom. I find myself re-reading its pages and highlighting and making notes all the time. I wanted to share a part of the fourth chapter of that book with you today.
While pondering on this topic and discovering myself as an adult outside of the security of being a student, I find myself constantly battling this topic of having a decided heart. Am I following my calling? Should I use all my talents and gifts as my career? Am I living in the right place or should I look for jobs in my home country? Should I be home and support and care for my parents? Or should I stay in the US and make my dreams come true?... There are so many unanswered questions about the unknown future...Yes it can be very scary! But it is also what makes life so mysterious and exciting! Especially knowing who holds my future and HE only has the BEST interest for me. All I need to do is take on step at a time and trust Him.
When I graduated from SIUC, the pastors gave me this book called "The Traveler's gift" by Andy Andrews. It is an amazing book overflowing with wisdom. I find myself re-reading its pages and highlighting and making notes all the time. I wanted to share a part of the fourth chapter of that book with you today.
The 4th Decision for Success
(The traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews)
A wise man once said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Knowing this to be true, I am taking my first step today. For too long my feet have been tentative, shuffling left and right, more backward than forward as my heart gauged the direction of the wind. Criticism, condemnation, and complaint are creatures of the wind. They come and go on the wasted breath of lesser beings and have no power over me. The power to control direction belongs to ME. Today I will begin to excursive that power. My course has been charter. My destiny is assured.
I have a decided heart. I am passionate about my vision for the future.
I will awaken every morning with an excitement about the new day and its opportunity for growth and change. My thoughts and actions will work in a forward motion, never sliding into the dark forest of doubt or the muddy quick sand of self-pity. I will freely give my vision for the future to others, as they see the belief in my eyes, they will follow me.
I will lay my head on my pillow at night happily exhausted, knowing that I have done everything within my power to move the mountains in my path. As I sleep, the same dream that dominates my waking hours will be with me in the dark. Yes, I have a dream. It is a great dream, and i will never apologize for it. Neither will I ever let it go, for if i did, my life would be finished. My hopes, my passions, my vision for the future are my very existence. A person without a dream never had a dream come true.
I have a decided heart. I will not wait.
I know that the purpose of analysis is to come to a conclusion. I have tested the angels. I have measured the probabilities. And now I have made a decision with my heart. I am not timid. I will move now and never look back. What I put off until tomorrow, will put off until the next day as well. I do not procrastinate. All my problems become smaller when I confront them. If I touch a thistle with caution, it will prick me, but if i grasp it boldly, its spend crumble into dust.
I Will not wait, I am passionate about my vision for the future. My course has been charted. My destiny is assured. I have a decided heart.
