Positioned for Greatness

Bishop T.D. Jakes said one time that someone approached him about a “friend” of his turning on him and saying bad things about him. His response was to say “not my purpose” and walk away. It was not Bishop Jakes purpose to know what others say or do about him, or to try to win everyone over to be supportive of who you are. As I say often if they like you how can it help you and if they don't how can it hurt you. It amazes me that people hate success so much that they become absolutely consumed with your failure. So obsessed that they search your blog for hours looking for "evidence:. Why don't they become obsessed with their own success and make a decision to stop playing the role of a victim.

As Bil Cornelius said, "Just run your race and don’t worry about all the other “drama.” Don't be a player in their scheme of life. Some people are so driven by drama that if there is none, they will create it. They are called drama queens.

This stems from what I call a victim mentality. A victim mentality is so self centered because they give you the impression not to expect much of them. When you fail at what you should have succeeded at, you will blame what happened to you. A victim mentality takes, if you let it it will squeeze the life out of you. They are the ones in the room that if they don't get all the attention, if everyone is not turned towards them...

Here is the reality, you are not the only one in the room that has not been hurt. Everyone has been hurt, everyone faces difficulties. Yes, I know that life is not fair. There are ups and downs, ins and outs, bumps along the way. It's time to press through all that crap and go after the dream, the prize, the degree, that promotion!

Here is the first key, the power to change your life is in your choice! No one chooses for you, it is yours. i have to make a choice to be happy, to have a good attitude, to believe in what Giod says about me. Some of you care too much about what people think, say, do... Paul said forgetting what is behind I press! your life will begin to rise when you take back your power. Stop waiting for that person to come to you to apologize, forget anyway. When you allow others opinion of you to sidetrack you and steal your focus, you are giving them the power to your future.

The first thing victims want to do is assign blame to somebody, the second thing is they wabnt to make it someone else's responsibility. As long as it is somebody else's fault you will never be healed. It is not their faulty, they don't have that much power over me. When I got the pink slip, it was not their fault, it was simply an opportunity to get a different perspective which is my sitution is God's opportunity!

Tommorrow I want to build on this thought. Many have become so damaged by life and other view of them that even if God gave you a breakthrough, you would live up to their words. Many of the challenges we face in our present are a result of words that were spoken in our past. When they called Martin Luther King mny names, he said, "It is alright, it is not what they call me, it is what I answer to." What are you answering to?