get religious on me and start telling how great is God and how we're
winning, consider this: the whole news media industry is based on the
premise that bad news sells better than good news. This of course only
proves the fallen nature of mankind. For those who know the Word of
God, the core revelation that counters this perverse trend is found in
Phil. 4:8 - "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." (TNIV)
OBSERVATION: Many years ago I had to face the fact that I'm a negative
thinker. At that time I was in Bible School and every day after school
we had Prayer School. We had instructors who taught on prayer and also
led us in corporate prayer and intercession. One of these afternoons,
while in the presence of the Lord, the Holy Spirit showed me the
condition of my mind. In fact I realized that it was more like a
subtle layer of thinking pattern working in me, running parallel to
the thought process I was aware of. If you had asked me whether I was
a negative thinker, I would have told you no, based on the thought
process I was aware of. But somewhere there was lingering a repeated
thought pattern which I now can only describe as "negative."
I had to ask myself and the Lord, how did this pattern end up being
there? I had to face up to the fact I had allowed the enviroment
around me, the spirit of this world, to establish itself in my mind
through negative thinking in my subconciousness. When you have a
negative subconcious thinking, you tend to believe bad news easier
than good news. You tend to expect the worst easier than the best,
both when it comes to people and circumstances. Needless to say, my
deliverance has been crucial to me, to say the least. After all,
that's what I do - work with people and circumstances. By the grace of
God, I have been able to experience a deep "reset" in my subconcious
mind, to where now I'm a determined "positivist", if there was one.
That doesn't mean I don't get down sometimes or that occassionally I
don't wrestle with negativism. Gladly to say, those are the
exceptions, not the rule. I've allowed Phil. 4:8 to become the
dominant mechanism of thinking in my mind.
IMPLICATION: Negativism may be good for the news media industry, but
it's incredibly unhealthy for you. It will set you on the wrong course
in life. It will deform your relationship with God and people. Go to
the mirror of God's Word! Allow the Holy Spirit to bring to light
whatever negativism your subconcious mind may still harbour. Replace
fear with faith. Train your mind to think along the lines of Phil.
4:8. Your eyes will begin to "open" to a whole different realm of
living. Best of all, our loving Father stands by your side to warrant
the word He has spoken over you. You're not a fool, taking lightly the
sad reality around you. You're a smart believer, who has peaked beyond
the shoulder of this visible realm and has discovered you have all the
reasons to trust God and what He says about you, your future and
everything around you.
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