FLOW

QUOTE:
"ATTITUDE IS A LITTLE THING THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE."
-WINSTON CHURCHILL

SCRIPTURE:
"YOU WERE TAUGHT, WITH REGARD TO YOUR FORMER WAY OF LIFE, TO PUT OFF YOUR OLD SELF, WHICH IS BEING CORRUPTED BY IT'S EVIL DESIRES; TO BE MADE NEW IN THE ATTITUDE OF YOUR MINDS; AND TO PUT ON THE NEW SELF, CREATED TO BE LIKE GOD IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS."
-EPHESIANS 4:22-24

"AT CAESEREA THERE WAS A MAN NAMED CORNELIUS, A CENTURION IN WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE ITALIAN REGIMENT. HE AND ALL HIS FAMILY WERE DEVOUT AND GOD -FEARING; HE GAVE GENEROUSLY TO THOSE IN NEED AND PRAYED TO GOD REGULARLY."
-ACTS 10:1,2


IT HAS OFTEN BEEN SAID ATTITUDE DETERMINES ALTITUDE. THIS WAS MY LEAST FAVORITE POSTER HANGING ON THE LIBRARY WALL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A BIG AIR BALLOON FLOATING HIGH IN THE SKY WITH THE WORDS PLASTERED ON IT: "ATTITUDE DETERMINES ALTITUDE." BECAUSE THE POSTER LOOKED SO BORING AND CORNY I NEVER ACTUALLY TOOK IT TO HEART BUT OF LATE I HAVE BEGUN TO REALIZE HOW MUCH ATTITUDE REALLY DOES AFFECT YOUR ALTITUDE. THIS PRINCIPLE IS PLASTERED ALL THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURES. YOU CAN FIND MANY REFERENCES AND STORIES IN THE BIBLE IN WHICH MEN AND WOMEN TOOK A CERTAIN DISPOSITION OR MINDSET THAT AFFECTED RESULTS. OBEDIENCE, FAITH, FORGIVENESS, WORSHIP.....DISOBEDIENCE, DOUBT, UNFORGIVENESS, SELFISHNESS...JUST TO NAME A FEW, ALL AFFECTED THE RESULTS THEY WERE TO RECEIVE. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT GOD IS THE ULTIMATE HERO OF THE SCRIPTURES BUT MANY OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN OPENED THEMSELVES UP FOR TREMENDOUS BLESSING JUST BECAUSE THEY DECIDED TO DISPLAY THE RIGHT ATTITUDE. KORAH AND HIS FRIENDS (NUMBERS 16) HAD A DISAGREEMENT WITH MOSES (GOD'S CHOSEN LEADER OF ISRAEL) AND DECIDED TO CHALLENGE MOSES' LEADERSHIP PUBLICLY...OUCH! DID NOT GO SO WELL FOR KORAH AND HIS PALS (THE EARTH OPENED UP AND SWALLOWED THEM AND THE MAJORITY OF THEIR FAMILIES ALONG WITH ALL THEIR BELONGINGS). ATTITUDE DETERMINED ALTITUDE....UNFORTUNATELY FOR KORAH AND FRIENDS THE DISPOSITION THEY CHOSE CAUSED AN IMMEDIATE DESCENT ...LITERALLY. THEM, EVERYTHING THEY HAD WORKED FOR, AND THOSE FOLLOWING THEM WERE DESTROYED. ATTITUDE MATTERS IN EVERY MATTER OF LIFE. THE SCRIPTURE MENTIONED ABOVE REFERENCES A MAN NAMED CORNELIUS. GOD USED CORNELIUS AND HIS FAMILY TO BEGIN THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD TO NON JEWS (GENTILES). PRETTY AWESOME PRIVILEGE IF YOU ASK ME. THEIR ATTITUDE WAS:
1. DEVOTION (DEVOUT)
2. REVERENCE (FEARED GOD)
3. COMPASSION (GENEROUS TO THE NEEDY)
4. DEPENDENCE (PRAYED REGULARLY)
THESE 4 ATTITUDES COMBINED WITH YOUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST WILL BEGIN YOUR ASCENSION INTO ALTITUDES NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. I LOVE TO SAY IT LIKE THIS: "THE ATTITUDE YOU CHOSE WILL BECOME A CHANNEL THAT GOD'S BLESSINGS CAN FLOW THROUGH OR IT CAN BLOCK THE FLOW OF GOD'S BLESSINGS." WE WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE DAILY TO LET IT FLOW!
-CAM