Your Thoughts Can Become Your Reality

Judges 6:15KJV “And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” 

Gideon suffered from poor self-image, like the children of Israel who were sent as spies to the “promised land” (Numbers 13:33). We can limit what God wants to do for us by our negative thoughts. The Bible talks about ‘strongholds’ in the mind (2 Corinthians 10:4).  Strongholds are patterns of thinking that controls our imagination, attitudes, and our actions.  Gideon’s identity was that he was the weakest of the weakest in his culture and family. Negative patterns of thinking are dangerous because it undermines God’s Word, the truth, and your faith.  “As a man thinks in his heart so is he.” (Proverbs 23:7).  We become what we think about ourselves.  Negative thoughts give credibility to negative imaginations to make them a reality. A small negative thought if not countered, becomes bigger and stronger until it becomes a controlling power in your mind. God instructs us what kind of thoughts to think about ourselves: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.”  (Philippians 4:8). When you think positive thoughts about yourself, it will grow and become a stronghold of your mind and eventually your reality. Let us believe the report of the Lord, always.