Man controls his own life. The Bible says that God has given him “dominion over all things,” and this is true when he understands the Truth; and the Truth is that our outer conditions – your environment – are not cause; they are effect. You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You do not have faith because things are going well. They are going well because you have faith. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come because your realization of the Truth had first fallen off.
The secret of life then is to control your mental states. To accept sickness, trouble, and failure as unavoidable, and perhaps inevitable, is folly, because it is this very acceptance by you that keeps these evils in existence. Man is not limited by his environment. He creates his environment by his beliefs and feelings. To suppose otherwise is like thinking that the tail can wag the dog.
If you have been thinking that outer conditions are stronger that you are, say to yourself: “Tail wags dog” and immediately reverse the belief.
… who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? (Galatians 5:7).
Understanding this truth is essential to exercising the dominion God gave us in the way intended. It is a tough one to accept for most people. To understand this truth, we have to accept personal responsibility for the condition of our lives. But as God told Joshua, “be strong and of a good courage..turn neither to the left nor to the right..and ye shall prosper”. When we dedicate ourselves to controlling our mental state, we are on the path to controlling our environment. Then we will be able to exercise dominion over all things for our best good and the good of the world around us.
Taking responsibility,
Stan
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