Who are we believing?

Who are we believing? Belief is our conviction, we accept as true. It does not matter what it is, or who it is, if we believe it and trust it; it is.  However, we have gone astray in this category because our actions and words do not always follow, what we say, we believe in. We put move from focus on the main thing, we focus on what or who is representing, and not who the person or thing represent; thus, we missed our blessing and fall short of our destiny…

Some of you have heard of this saying, that I grew up on – when you know better, you do better. Yet, we have taken this axiom of life of our ancestors and blown it. For the record, I am not saying we should or have to be perfect…However, sooner or later; we should begin to change our behavior and our words. Out of the heart the mouth speaks, we make the choice, the body follows, and we reap the benefits; good or bad….We make the choice, but we do not decide the consequence… The problem is we are not convinced of what we say, we believe, or the beliefs we profess to hold. I was always taught growing up, your actions will speak louder than your words. See, we model what others will follow, take to heart what people demonstrate in their behavior (intended and unintended both sends messages) because people communicate more with their actions, than with their words. Yet, we wonder why generations Gen-X, Z, Twitter, whatever you label it, is losing out. Part of the problem is those who should model, be the example of what their teaching, have disconnected from it. As if we refuse to believe what being shown to us – the adage of do what I say, not what I do, does not work for me or latter generations. Too many want to teach, but we are not reaching where those we are meant to help. Yet, we sit back discuss, debate, and argue about what we should do, but it begins with us being the change, we wish to see in others. This is called process, and no one wants to endure that…But I watch movie a couple of weeks ago, Fireproof, and it illustrated this point clearly through a book called Dare to Love. It was 40-days fast or journey one person sacrifice in love to win back their spouse. Although, this was about marriage, it is applicable to all things because we all should do out of love; I think it is in the bible somewhere...lol…Throughout the process the partner got frustrated with the process and wanted to give up, because desired was not being acknowledge or the desired outcome was not manifesting. So do we, and this is why what we say we believe, our conviction is not observable or believable to others, therefore, they do not follow because we do not follow...In the movie, the person did endure the process, and not only changed the relationship but also self and perspective....

It is stated in the old testament, if you follow what you believe Lev.26:3-6 - "If you follow My statutes and faithfully observe My commands, I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. ⁵ Your threshing will continue until grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have plenty of food to eat and live securely in your land I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to frighten [you]. – (HCSB)

Now when you do not follow the statues, the opposite is true in equal proportion  (read the rest of this chapter, I did not include because, we  all need to read for yourself). Even though the wording is agricultural; it is applicable to our life and posterity today..What are we believing? Demonstrate it, and see life change around you!!!..Your choice, you choose….