Dear
loving people,
How
is it that you are being requested to wake up when actually you might be
awake and kicking? Waking up can mean waking up from sleep, it can equally mean being
honest with yourself and not allowing yourself to get lazy in your thinking. You
need to stop making excuses for not doing whatever it is you want to and have to do.
You rather have to actively figure out the best ways to make it actually
happen, as well as not lying to yourself about what you're capable of and what
you can actually do.
The Bible says in Ephesians 5:14 “Awake thou that
sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light” As children of God, we are sometimes asleep, and need awakening;
of the nature, causes, and ill consequences of such sleeping, and of the
methods by which they are sometimes awaked out of it.
Living
saints who at sometimes fine themselves among dead sinners need to arise from
among them, and quit their company. The company of dead sinners is infectious
and dangerous; it is a means of hardening in sin, and of grieving of the people
of God, who observe it. By abstaining from their company, a testimony is borne
against sin, and conviction is struck into the minds of sinners themselves. God
is pleased with those who come out from among sinners and promises to receive them.
Do
you want to live your dreams? Then then you have to stop living in your dreams
and wake
up. Daydreaming about that new job, or new house or huge bank account
isn’t going to fall into your lap no matter how hard you visualize and desire
it. You can dream all you want but dreams are always made in reality.
The
first step to waking up is acknowledging that you are 100% responsible for
where you are in your life right now. Yes! You heard me right and I
know that’s a difficult pill to swallow for many, but it’s also very
liberating. You might have created (consciously or subconsciously) your current
problems or a life you don’t want now, but you have the power and the ability
to turn that around. It’s within your power.
The
second step is to take action. You can’t just visualize and manifest your new
reality. You’ve got to work towards it. Visualization techniques help as do
vision boards, but setting aside an hour or two to work on your goals each day
instead of doing unconscious activities (like watching TV or wasting time arguing
on who the highest paid footballer in the world is) will speed up your success
much quicker.
Life
gets hard sometimes and it’s easy to slip into a pattern of dreaming
about how we wish things were. But a goal will never be a reality unless we
wake up and make it happen.
Take Action: Take a one-week television fast. Spend the time
that you would usually watch TV (or to argue aimlessly) and do something
productive toward living your dream life. Work on your artwork, start a business,
shoot a movie, finish that screenplay. Instead of watching TV and putting your
mind to sleep, wake up and put your success in motion!
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