Earlier today I posted a Tweet on my Twitter Page at www.twitter.com/BoxesLTSCoach, in which I asserted that to become a Goal Achiever, you must first become a Problem Solver. Additionally, I posited that in order to become a problem solver you must move from operating out of F.E.A.R. (false evidence appearing real) to operating out of Faith, the opposite of fear. But what is faith and how do you develop it?
The answer to that question really can be found in your mind. That's right, your mind holds the answer to all kinds of questions, but the one about faith is chief among them all. Let me help you find it.
Scripture states that "without faith, it is impossible to please God." It goes on to state that "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Wow, these are very big statements! Faith is the substance! Faith is the evidence! Not just any, but "the". They imply that faith has something to do with belief. In fact in order to have faith you must believe in something greater than yourself, something or someone that is in control of what you don't control, someone or something that is in control of the laws of goal achievement that will enable you to achieve your worthwhile, life transforming goals.
This is important because we were created (yes I "believe" in creation) and commanded "to be fruitful and multiply, to replenish the earth and subdue it" - in essence, to become more. In fact, becoming more is the yearning of mankind, and this is as it should be.
To become the most you can become, in my view, is to do so alignment with your passions. The best way to do this is to set and achieve life-transforming goals! It is in achievement of these goals that you will "please God" and yourself!
So in this, faith is essential for Goal Achievement. Given the earlier definition of faith being the "evidence of things hoped for, and the substance of things yet seen" then in order to have faith, we must have unwavering "belief" that the thing we hope for (our goal) will be materialized in our reality at some future point in time (the "by date") - we must have 100% belief!
Now, at another point in scripture it says "faith without works (action) is dead". This seems to suggest that the physical evidence of our faith is our "action" to bring into reality that which we hope for, our stated goal.
This is very powerful information. To summarize - belief leads to faith which is necessary to accomplish our life-transforming goals. This is because faith eliminates fear (its opposite) - the main obstacle in the path to becoming a goal achiever!
So to develop unwavering faith you must first believe - believe that there is a higher power operating on your behalf when you are in alignment with it. To ensure that you are in alignment with it you must seek it out. You must then trust that your actions, taken in faith to bring into reality that which you desire - your worthwhile, life-transforming goal - will be aided by the creator of the universe until your goal manifests in physical reality.
This is where self-confidence comes in. If you have faith, backed by belief, it will be very easy to demonstrate self-confidence through thought, word, and deed. Otherwise you will exhibit self-doubt. And where there is self-doubt, achieving life-transforming goals is impossible.
Wow, this is very powerful indeed... Let me know what you think, post your comments!
Mark J.
Boxes Lifestyle Transformation Coach
www.MarkIJohnson.com
