Two attitudes, two destinations

There are two types of believers. There is a type of Christian who believes God, and looks at life and opportunity through his promises. He does not focus so much on circumstances as on the grace and favor that rests upon his life, because Jesus has promised to be with him "every day, until the end of the world." That type of believer exhibits what I call a sufficiency mentality.

What does a person who has a sufficiency mentality mean? He is the person who, like the apostle Paul, declares: "I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me." That is the person who walks life confessing, "in God I have enough, and even more than I need, for the challenges and struggles of life."

It is the believer who sees himself as having a great bag of blessings and resources. He is the person who can say like the Apostle Paul: "God has blessed me with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places."

That person has a smug attitude. It is enough in God. When deficiencies, problems, difficulties, obstacles come into your life, you focus more on the power of God that you have, than on the limitations that get in the way.

That is the sufficiency mentality. Not a superficial mindset that sticks its head in the sand like an ostrich, believing that ignoring danger will make it disappear. It is not that he ignores the complexities and problems, but that despite the complexities he decides to confess, “God is more powerful than my weaknesses and my lack. He is faithful to move me forward ”.

There is another type of Christian who exhibits what I call a "lack mentality." That is the type of Christian who focuses on limitations, obstacles, dangers, and problems. But you don't see God's provision. He is the type of person who when he is about to enter his promised land, when he contemplates what God has declared to him and has promised him, he says, “Hmm, yes, but I am not sure if it is true or not. And, "I have seen that so and so served the Lord for many years and it did not go well." And, ‘look at him there as he is, poor thing, in that little ramshackle house’; and, ‘how good, but I tried once and it failed’. And, ‘I have no education; and, ‘that’s maybe for people who have a lot of faith’ ”, and so on. One doubt, one objection after another thwarts the glorious work that God wants to do with this type of person.

He is the person who when he is converted and has a car accident, says “Oh well! If so, I am not going to enter the Gospel, because I was better off when I was outside the church. He is the person who when he enters the Gospel at six months he is thrown out of work and already throws in the towel because "when I was out I was much better." He is the type of person who only focuses on the problem, the difficulties and does not look at the promise of God.

The destiny of your life, the curve of your life, if it is going to be upward or if it is going to be simply flat, or if it is going to be decadent, will be determined by which of these two mentalities you cultivate. Which of those two postures do you keep upright and adopt as the motto of your life.