Three phase formula to get healthy and back on track for the Lord's will.....
Friends, as you may know, I have struggled with a few things over the past three years - a change in ministry, finding out I have diabetes, vision impairment, etc. None of these things were of my design or desire. Through this process, I have found my faith strengthened and my vision for life and ministry enhanced.
We hear a lot about success and how to achieve it. Throughout my life I have certainly come to understand and live by Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." In other words, "I'll believe it when I see it." I say, "Ill see it when I believe it!"
Someone once said, "Whatsoever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." This has been a sustaining power for me as I have had to stay on task to reach the goal of good vision, getting the diabetes under control and returning to my call and love, the ministry of the Word. My dear friend, Dr. David Moshier, has said, "The best laid plans for success will crumble in so much dust if we do not believe in our plans and believe that we have the ability to achieve them."
Regaining my health did not come overnight. It was a process of time and a developed spiritual mindset that, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." I can report to you today that the diabetes is under wonderful control because I am controlling my diet. My vision is much improved because I accepted the treatments and take nutrients that is helping the vision improve. I am now doing some driving! For months, I had been in a "fog" due to bleed-out in the eyes. But, because someone took a chance on a cancer med to see if it would also dissolve and inhibit the bad blood vessels that grow in many diabetics' eyes, I no longer have the bleed-out!
Here is the three phase formula I have used to get myself healthy and back on track for the Lord's will in my life:
Establish goals,
Lay out plans to achieve the goals, and
Act on the plans.
This is the system that has worked for me, and I give all the thanks and glory to my Lord, Jesus Christ. I am so thankful for my friends who have been patient with me and prayed for me during the past three years. God has sustained Donna and me in such glorious ways. During this time we were blessed to buy a house, and what a joy it is to see the hand of God working on our behalf to help us move toward LifeSuccess.
Whatever your struggles, give God the opportunity to pull you out of the pit (Psalm 40:1-3) and follow the three simple steps I have shared with you today.
Blessings.
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Hi Michael,
ReplyDeleteI so agree that we first must believe and then we will see! My next blog is going to be on prayer and how I have recently learned to pray with the outcome in sight. Instead of asking God to do something I believe that He is in process of doing it!!