TRUTH SPEAKERS FOR TRUTH SEEKERS: What are You Beholding Today and the Coming Year?

If you wonder why your life is at right now, I’ve got something for you that some of you might like and others not. Why? Because it means when we recognise or will recognise this tidbit of truth; it might help you or hurt you.

It will help you if you act accordingly and make changes that need to be made in your life, keep that which is good and keep looking forward with hope and expectations to a God who is faithful to keep what He promised His children. If you are not one of His yet, consider it. At least find out why it will help you in your life.

Here is that truth: “We are the sum total of where we are in our lives of what we have thought of in life, spoken over our lives,and then act accordingly.”

B.J. Neblett said: “We are the sum total of our experiences. Those experiences – be they positive or negative – make us the person we are, at any given point in our lives. And, like a flowing river, those same experiences, and those yet to come, continue to influence and reshape the person we are, and the person we become. None of us are the same as we were yesterday, nor will be tomorrow.”

According to researchers at Duke University, habits account for about 40 percent of our behaviours on any given day. Habits are the small decisions you make and actions you perform every day. Your life today is essentially the sum of your habits.

We are the sum of our formative moments. Decisions, how we are treated, choices, big or small, define who we become. The memory of choosing kindness over anger becomes our moral guide. We are also shaped by the connections we forge.

What was the starting point of where you are today? It started with something you saw in the future about your life. When you saw it, you made a choice, “Yes! That is what I want” or “That is how I want it to look like” or “This is what I want to do when I grow up.”

You imagined. Your mind created a picture. You saw it. Then you spoke the picture. Then it became a reality if you were serious about it.

Animals do not have a creative mind. They cannot create. However, man made in the image of God, can! Our minds are extremely powerful.

In the Old Testament, when there was no law yet, people came together to build a tower called the tower of Babel. Their aim was to reach God or the other realm. But their ultimate aim was to do find out the powers of the spirit realm, use them for their own advantage. do God seeing their mind knew they would do any evil imaginable thing

So, God put a stop to it. To further stop them, he confused their language so they could not properly communicate

This went on for about 2000 years. Through the coming of Jesus Christ, the mind of people got restored. So, they could imagine Godly righteous things.

The book of Hebrews in chapter 11, it says in verse 1: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith is something God gives when we become His children. That is the God kind of faith. Faith in a God that we cannot see touch s hear or feel. The only way to connect with Him is our spirit. It is a powerful thing though. It is a substance. It is actually something. Like when we want a house, we first have a blue print. That is the substance of the house we want. Without it, just slapping it together, it becomes a shaky house. And not what we wanted.

Once the house is made according to the blue print, we have the things we hoped for. The substance.

If we want something, we have to see it first. That is why behold is such a good word if you ask yourself: what am I beholding and why. How do I want it? The sum total of everything you beheld is there now. Because like I wrote about last week behold means you intently look at something because it is important to you.

Whatever was important in your life, you most likely made it a reality or it became a reality.

If that was wealth and living for yourself, that is how your life might be right now. Did it satisfy you? Probably not. You were meant for more.

Here another powerful truth: Written in the book of Ephesians.

Now to the One who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us. The One who is able is an all-powerful God. There are no limitations on His part. Our part is what we ask for or think about- imagined- is it according to His great power? Or do we limit God to the minimum of what we think He is capable of?

Start looking into His promises. That is your seed. Take that word. Plant it in your spiritual womb. Them mediate on it. Let it grow and see it come to pass. It has to be a righteous cause or forget it. A righteous God gives righteous things.

Here a practical tip:

The 3-3-3 rule for habits! It is a framework for building new habits by breaking the process into three stages: the first three days, the next three weeks, and the next three months. The first three days are about starting small, the next three weeks are about building momentum through consistency, and the final three months are about making the habit a permanent part of your lifestyle.

Stage 1: The first 3 days

•Focus: Start with a very small and easy version of the habit to make it easy to accomplish.

•Examples: Do one push-up, read one sentence, or meditate for just one minute.

•Goal: Get your brain to accept the new behaviour with minimal resistance.

Stage 2: The next 3 weeks

•Focus: Consistency is key during this phase as the habit is still forming.

•Tips: Track your progress and link the new habit to an existing one, such as exercising after you brush your teeth.

•Goal: Build momentum and make the habit feel more routine.

Stage 3: The next 3 months

•Focus: Deeply integrate the habit into your daily life.

•Goal: The habit becomes second nature and you start to identify with the new behaviour, like becoming "a reader" or "a person who exercises".

How to use the rule

•Break down big goals: The 3-3-3 rule helps make an overwhelming goal feel more manageable by breaking it into smaller, achievable milestones.

•Don't aim for perfection: On days you miss the habit, don't get discouraged. Just focus on getting back on track for the next three days to rebuild momentum.

•Focus on identity: Think of these checkpoints as ways to prove to yourself that you are becoming the person you want to be, one small win at a time.

So, as you start beholding there is hope. Change what need to change. See it! SEE your life as you want it to be. For Him. He got the best blue print.

As for me, I continue to find out the details of my blue print written by no better One than Our Creator! Christ our Saviour!

Be Blessed

Akhrienuo