As A Man Thinks
by Charles Hamilton
Harry Houdini, a famous escape artist, issued a personal challenge where ever he went. He claimed he could be locked in any jail in the country and still be able to set himself free. Houdini always kept his promise. Well, almost.
On one particular occasion, Houdini entered a jail cell as heavy metal doors shut behind him. He took from his belt a concealed piece of metal—strong and flexible. He began to work immediately, but something seemed to be unusual about this lock. For over thirty minutes he worked and got absolutely nowhere. An hour passed, and still he had not opened the cell door. By now he was bathed in sweat—panting in exasperation—yet he could not pick the lock. Finally, after two hours, Harry Houdini collapsed in frustration and failure against the cell door he could not lock. But when he fell against the door, it swung open. The jailers had tricked Houdini—it had never been locked at all. But in his mind it was locked. That was all it took to keep Houdini from opening the door and walking out of that jail.
Renewing Your Mind
Renewing your mind simply means thinking differently.
Much like a prisoner who has been institutionalized, we may still have old mindsets or old habit patterns that we’ve grown accustomed to that are keeping us in bondage.
However, God declares WE ARE SET FREE!
Proverbs says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” Our mindsets, like sails on a sailboat, will determine our success or failure. If we THINK we cannot live righteously, we won’t even try. If we think sin has the better of us, we will throw in the towel, and give up.
Jesus Christ is TRUTH—Satan is lie!
God has promised us the victory. He has promised us strength to overcome. Unless we trust in His promises, and claim the victory that He has promised through His Word, we will continue to be in bondage to what many call, “Stink’n Think’n.”
More than three thousand years ago twelve men left their families behind for an “expedition” to a land flowing with milk and honey; a land of abundance promised by God to a nation that had experienced three centuries of bondage and deprivation.
All twelve men saw the same things, traveled the same path, and had the same opportunities. Ten of those men were convinced that the giants were an obstacle to taking possession of the land; two of those men, Joshua and Caleb, saw God rather than the giants and concluded that a great opportunity lay before them. The difference between what the ten believed and what the other two believed was a difference in perspective—the rest is history.
The question to each of us is this: Whose report will we believe?
Isaiah 53:1 (New King James Version)
Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
Remember, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” ~Proverbs 23:7
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