Peaceful Authority…
As I woke up this morning thoughts began to fill this mind of mine. As I was awakening to this beautiful day my mind was doing what my mind does, search. Searching for the right way to start this beautiful day; do I rollover to the left or right, do I raise up slowly or jump right out of bed. Even before my physical body is at work my mind is lightyears a head trying to plan the perfect move. One wrong move and it can mean disaster, one right move and it can mean deliverance. What move do I make, is life really this complicated? Better yet, I peacefully decline…
My mind was a mind that raced around going from one filing cabinet to the next searching for It. Whatever It was at the moment. As I searched for the answer, I would race past old thoughts. These old memories that brought forth things from the past that reminded me of my failures, but I knew to keep my focus straight ahead. These old memories might be around, but I held the authority to give them power or not. As I would sit there searching through more mind cabinets that old memory would show itself. The more I allowed it to stay present the more I realized I was losing focus. I was losing the one thing I needed in those moments, focus. I wasn’t going to accept my past failures, but still its right there. Better yet, I peacefully decline.
There are many times in my life where I peacefully declined any past failures that tended to appear just at the right time. But I have realized I can’t just come with peace but also with authority, Peaceful Authority. An authority that comes from a place of peace, but with the authority to immediately decline any power. Many times in the past as I would have past failures brought forth I would do the same thing, nothing. I would ignore the past failures as if it didn’t happen or exist, even though it was as real as the air I breathe. Instead of taking authority of the past failure and removing it from my thought I would allow it to linger around. I was coming from a heart of peace, but I also needed to come with some authority.
The thoughts remained around because I wanted to take the non-lethal peaceful route instead of coming with peaceful authority. My past failures are exactly what they are, past. The past has forgotten me so why would I keep it alive? If I don’t believe I am a failure, then why keep those dead failures around? It was time for me to have peaceful authority and remove these dead thoughts. It was time for me to approach this like a lion right before the big hunt. Peacefully resting in my God given abilities knowing who God made me to be and confidently believing it. It wasn’t doing me any good worrying about not repeating the same failures over and over again. The more I allowed the past to stay present the more my present reality became the past. It was time I take back my authority and remove these old memories powers. It was time I knew who God made me to be and believe It. Better yet, I come with peaceful authority knowing and believing who God made me to be.
