As far back as I can remember, New Year’s Day has been celebrated as a new start. The new year would hold promise that everything would be better. The new year would open vistas of new possibilities to explore and new opportunities for change. In this current climate, we certainly hope all that is true for 2021. But we also know that there is no fairy-tale remedy that occurs just because we turn a page on the calendar.
The nature of the human body is to heal itself. Any doctor would attest to that. It is the way we were designed. Medical practices are basically intended to work with that fact. So also, is the nature of life. It is designed to recover from calamities. Think of how trees grow again after a forest fire. Even without man’s help, nature’s determination is to restore itself. All kinds of hurts in life can get better with proper care and time – a broken heart, a financial wound, a crippling blow. We can recover from many conditions by working with this innate principle of healing and having the right treatment plan.
There is no ‘one size fits all’ treatment regimen that will cure all that ails us. But there are keys we can utilize to facilitate a successful outcome of whatever our ailment is. Believing and patience are two of those keys.
Believing is not wishing. We cannot sit on our laurels and do nothing and expect results. For example, if we want to lose weight or get in shape, we can’t sit on the couch all day and wish for it to happen. We all know that won’t work. And we all know what it takes to make that goal happen. What about other conditions? Do we wish for a solution or do we believe? The primary difference between the two is action. Wishing is thinking that a solution will somehow magically come and fix things; believing is pursuing the solution until you get it.
To believe is a verb. A verb denotes action. Believing action produces results. If I said to you, “make a peace sign with your fingers”, and you did it, that is a result of believing. You believed the words I said, and you believed that you could do it, so you did it. It’s that simple. Notice that I said, ‘simple’. It is always simple, but it’s not always easy. The difficulty in believing comes from the opposing evidence we receive or perceive. If your arm were paralyzed, that evidence would make it much harder to believe to make a peace sign, however, not impossible. Or if you were told all your life that you couldn’t make a peace sign, that perception would interfere with your believing results as well.
Believing is a principle that works. But we must understand that believing can be either positive or negative, (negative believing is fear). Both produce their respective results, so we must be careful to keep our believing positive and not allow fear to have a place in our lives. Maintaining a positive believing attitude will bring positive solutions to our problems. But those solutions may not be instantaneous. What then? This is when patience is needed.
Patience is basically not giving up on our believing. When faced with an obstacle, often initially we are confident that we can overcome it. But when our attempts start to fail, our confidence wanes. Patience enables us to keep trying. Patience tells us not to quit. Patience tells us that we can succeed. Patience allows us to have peace in the midst of adversity.
So, if you are hoping that the new year will bring great change and deliverance in your life, go for it! Not just because it’s a new year, but because you have positive believing that you will succeed. You understand that the nature of life is to restore itself. And you can patiently carry on until you receive your victory. Life is full of new beginnings, grab yours now.
Oh, and one more thing… don’t forget to say thanks for your success.
Note to my readers: Here’s to a prosperous and blessed 2021! Thank you for continuing with me on my journey.