How far you’ll go in life depends on your attitude. Your attitude locates you. For example, when you meet a man who’s always murmuring and complaining about how expensive things are and how difficult it is to eat, you’ll immediately know that he’s broke. But when you see a man who talks and acts as though everything belongs to him, even though you’ve never met him before you’ll immediately think he has some ‘bucks.’
If a man who has financial trouble suddenly hears that the government has decided to increase his salary by over two hundred percent, I’m sure he’ll wake up the next morning feeling on top of the world. His walk and talk would be different and his lifestyle will change. His attitude wouldn’t be a positive one if the news he gets is bad. I’m often amazed how what we hear impacts our attitude. What you continually hear creates your attitude and your attitude will determine the kind of life you’ll live. This is what the devil uses against many Christians: he bombards them with terrible news through the media in order to instill fear in their hearts and impact their attitude in a negative way. This is why you can’t afford to abandon the Word of God.
Paul the apostle charged every believer in Hebrews 10:25 not to “…neglect our church meetings, as some people do, but encourage and warn each other…” (TLB), because he knew that the church is one place where the news is always good. There’s never a dull moment in a church where the Spirit of God is moving. Every believer should leave church full of glory and joy, and invigorated to face the challenges of life with a winning attitude. I can’t understand why a believer should leave church with a defeated attitude; his face squeezed, shoulders dropped and head hung in misery. It’s impossible for such people to win in life because they’re defeated already.
Inspire some faith in yourself, square your shoulders, chin up, chest out and elbow the devil out of your way because you can’t be stopped! You’re on your way to a life of greater glory and continual praise. Maintain the winning attitude!
