Think About It

The time for our conference is just around the corner. There are many bright ideas that I have thought about and that has not been implemented. The problem is that I undertake too many things at one time. Another problem that I face is, since I'm the pastor of the church, thus the spiritual leader, I have great thoughts but I do not give them time to simmer with the right people getting involved. (I often force the concepts; instead of sharing the concepts, I try to muster people to go along with me - a leadership flaw that can be fixed.)

Often times I frustrate myself by the lack of foresight that I have. Sometimes I can be very wise about certain things, but there are other times that I fly by the seat of my pants. There are plenty of ideas that I have that can be life changing or even world-changing (and I don't say that to brag). God somehow infuses my mind with these incredible thoughts that I try to accomplish on my own. Sometimes I ask, "Why to me, Lord?" I don't know and don't begin to say I know but I do know this: I believe thoughts are the foundation for reality. It is the basis by which things in the real world exist. Even the earth itself with the surrounding universe and galaxies come from the Mind - all be it the mind of God - but God"s "mind" created it all by His spoken Word. So eventhough my plans don't always come to fruition, I must continue thinking great thoughts (and working on my areas of weakness).

So why should someone have great thoughts when most of these thoughts would go unfulfilled? And, why should we spend the time thinking great things so just to see time fly by and those things that we thought about fade as we get older? Why spend the time to explore the possibilities - even the impossibilities - if they'd never come to pass?

Why?

Because the mind is the lab by which the scientist create his greatest inventions. It is the ball field where pitches are thrown and where the batter swings for the fences. It is the lens by which the director sees the intriquiesies of his film. WHAT? What I mean is that the thoughts we think are genesis of all creation.

Yes, some of the things we think about to do not come to pass. Yes, there are numerous daydreams that we explore in our minds that will never happen. But, what if thought become action? What if thought is embraced by discipline? What if those things that we think about in our minds are plucked from the tree of obscurity and eaten by the mouth of activity? Could you imagine the minds of the men who worked at the Manhattan Project? What thoughts ran through their minds in search for the end of World War II? The concept of nuclear weaponery. The design of nuclear accelerators. The legacy of Einstein. The A-Bomb.

I guess we can go back to action! (Since that's where this blog seem to be heading.)

But before we scroll down and find the entry on action and rehearse the concepts explored in that blog, lets spend some time on thinking. The Bible admonishes as that we need to reason. That is, to think about the things at hand in the proper viewpoint. Many people fall hopeless because they have stopped thinking. OR, they are thinking on the wrong things! Paul admonished his readers in his letter to the Phillipians that there are better things to think about: Honesty, truth, purity, and innocence; whatever is acceptable and reputable; whatever produces excellence and is commendable - these are the things that we need to think about. The road that leads to hopelessness starts it's first few miles in our thoughts; we think we are defeated before we really are. So is the same for success, we are successful before we areally are. Thus it is the direction of our thoughts that should be of most concern.

A few days ago one of my coworkers heard me stating that I do my job well. Yes, I was the one that said it. And, if I'm correct, I think I even said that I do everything well. My coworker was impressed - to my surprise. Most people would consider that bragging. To her credit, she did not see it that way especially since it was not intended to be so. In fact, she approved of my self promotion. She stated, "I like that Lemuel (that's my first name). You are confident in what you're able to do." I, ofcourse, could not take all the credit. My dad once told me the positive concepts of self promotion: "No one will promote you greater that you. If you can't promote you, then who will?" What I got from him was that, I need to be the greatest promoter of myself. Why? Because I must learn how to speak the things (or the man) that I want to become. My thoughts about my person has got to be the best they can be and I have to speak those thoughts so that I can be the man that I want to be. So despite not being able to "do everything well", I say it anyway to "trick" my mind to produce excellence as supposed to mediocrity.

How does that relate?

It relates big time! Thoughts are creative reality waiting for activity. The direction of your thoughts is your forecast destiny.

Last words:
With the conference looming ever so near I know that I will approach this first conference as a lesson in what not to do. Next time (by God's grace), I will have a committee of people running the conference. I guess: Better thinking for a better tomorrow.

We bless you in Jesus Name!