Willpower Only Produces Short-term Change To change your life, you must change the way you think. Behind everything you do is a thought. Every behavior is motivated by a belief, and every action is prompted by an attitude. God revealed this thousands of years before psychologists understood it: Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts. (Proverbs 4:23) Imagine riding in a speedboat on a lake with an automatic pilot set to go east. If you decide to reverse course and head west, you have two possible ways to change the boats direction. One way is to grab the steering wheel and physically force it to head in the opposite direction from where the autopilot is programmed to go. By sheer willpower, you could overcome the autopilot, but youd feel constant resistance. Your arms would eventually tire of the stress, youd let go of the steering wheel, and the boat would instantly head back east, the way it was internally programmed. This is what happens when you try to change you life with willpower; you say, Ill force myself to eat less ... stop smoking ... quit being disorganized and late. And, yes, willpower can produce short-term change, but it creates constant internal stress because you havent dealt with the root cause. The change doesnt feel natural. Eventually you give up and go off the diet. There is a better and easier way: Change your autopilot; in other words, the way you think. Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. (Romans 12:2 NLT) Proverbs 2:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:02:45 +0000
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