Adjusting the Attitude

This is my command - be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

Joshua 1:9 NLT

Attitude comes from the heart of a person, not the mind. Joshua was a man with attitude, although not in today's negative vernacular. You see, as much as humanly possible, Joshua understood who God is. Joshua understood made in His likeness - created in His image. 

Joshua quietly followed Moses and served him. He listened, observed and absorbed. He went with Moses when Moses went to meet with God... and stood and waited. However, God also listened, observed and absorbed the heart of Joshua.

After 40 years of faithfully following and serving Moses;  40 years after having seen the Promised Land - knowing what was waiting there and not being able to go straight into it because of some mamby-pamby naysayers; 40 years of being in the desert, because of something he, Joshua, was not to blame for;  after 40 years - FINALLY standing at the Jordan with Moses - making plans to take millions of people into the Promised land, and Moses died. 

What then?

In an article written by Jan Greenwood, I read this amazing insight. God did not MAKE Joshua brave - He COMMANDED him to be brave (Joshua, chapter 1). God required an action - one of faith in response to His words. 

When faced with seemingly insurmountable odds, do we succumb or overcome? Our attitude about God and about life will literally make or break us. Joshua chose to obey - and we know how his story ends.

With God, our heart's attitude is everything. Do we need an attitude adjustment? 

Prayer:

Father,

          Help us to see and understand. Give us wisdom to govern our attitude according to Your Word so we will make the right choices. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen

It's All About the Attitude

Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Philippians 2:5 NLT

This is a beginning-of-the-year check-up. We often start the new year with new resolutions and plans and rules to follow. However, true life change isn't always about following the rules. When you think about it, you can follow the rules and still have a bad attitude about doing something. You can go to church because it's the right thing to do, but not want to be there. You can go to work, but not want to be there. You can help someone and be angry about it. The attitude is bad...

Attitude is more than just a certain mindset whether good or bad. Did you know there is such a thing as attitude flying - having to do with an airplane's attitude? According to the public domain edition of the Airplane Flying Handbook by the US Federal Aviation Administration, "flying by attitude means visually establishing the airplane's attitude with reference to the natural horizon. ... Airplane attitude is based on relative positions of the nose and wings on the natural horizon." It's about getting in the right position. 

Our Promise for Today is You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Our attitude in relation to following Christ is all about setting ourselves into position to be able to follow, to receive, and to be in obedience to the Lord of lords. We must humble ourselves - position ourselves - under the mighty hand of God. Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus speaking, “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’ 

How's your attitude? 

Prayer:

Father,

          We want to be in right-standing with You through the work of the Cross. Help us to righteously examine our hearts. We repent of wanting to do life our own way and ask You to forgive us. We want to be in perfect alignment with You and Your purpose for our lives. Help us to see clearly, Father. InJ Jesus' Name we pray. Amen

Attitude Adjustment

This is my command - be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

Joshua 1:9 NLT

Attitude comes from the heart of a person, not the mind. Joshua was a man with attitude, although not in today's negative vernacular. You see, as much as humanly possible, Joshua understood who God is. Joshua understood made in His likeness - created in His image. 

Joshua quietly followed Moses and served him. He listened, observed and absorbed. He went with Moses when Moses went to meet with God... and stood and waited. However, God also listened, observed and absorbed the heart of Joshua.

After 40 years of faithfully following and serving Moses;  40 years after having seen the Promised Land - knowing what was waiting there and not being able to go straight into it because of some mamby-pamby naysayers; 40 years of being in the dessert, because of something he, Joshua, was not to blame for;  after 40 years - FINALLY standing at the Jordan with Moses - making plans to take millions of people into the Promised land, and Moses died. 

What then?

In an article written by Jan Greenwood, I read this amazing insight. God did not MAKE Joshua brave - He COMMANDED him to be brave (Joshua, chapter 1). God required an action of faith in response to His words. 

When faced with seemingly insurmountable odds, do we succumb or overcome? Our attitude about God and about life will literally make or break us. Joshua chose to obey - and we know how his story ends.

With God, our heart's attitude is everything. Do we need an attitude adjustment? 

Prayer:

Father,

          Help us to see and understand. Give us wisdom to govern our attitude according to Your Word so we will make the right choices. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen