Minute Meditations

Henry Ford once said, ”If you think you can or think you can’t. you’re right!”

This little saying is over almost before it begins and yet the lesson it teaches is powerful. It agrees with the words of Christ who said, ”If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.’ All great acts were once only an idea. The way we think determines what we are and this is why Solomon said ”For as a man thinketh in his heart. so is he.” We are the product of our thinking. Negative thoughts are rampant today. The hospitals are full of those who are defeated because they don’t think right. In order to be a success, in order to be happy, in order to be acceptable to God, we must think positively.

Christ taught us to think we can, to have faith, to believe. He said, ”whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” He told His disciples that if they had faith even as a grain of mustard seed, they could move mountains. He chided Peter when he began to sink because he said the wind boisterous and was afraid. Jesus said, ”O thou of little faith. wherefore didst thou doubt?” Peter was able to walk on the water when he thought he could but when he looked about and began to doubt, he sank. We also can walk over the stormy sea of life if only we will have faith in God and believe that what He has promised He will surely perform. If we begin to doubt, then the waves of trouble will sweep over us and we shall sink. To help keep us afloat, Paul told us to keep our minds on positive things. He said to us, ”Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things,”

If we will only remember that we are what we think, that all things are possible to him that believeth, that whatsoever we shall ask in prayer, believing, we shall receive, then we will develop a strong robust faith that is well pleasing to God and we will discover that goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our life and we will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Remember, ”If you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right!”