Becoming Ever Mindful

Luke 24:45 (NIV) “Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.”

Becoming Ever Mindful simply means focusing your mind and actions towards your number one goal at all times and not allowing any distractions to deter your course.

Completely zero in and line up all your actions in accordance with your number one goal or purpose.

To possess this state of mind requires much. You will have to learn to reexamine yourself regularly so that everything in your life lines up to get you wherever it is you want to be. Thus, the foundations of this ideal can be applied to just about anything. Someone training to be an Olympic athlete must be ever mindful in the way they train and eat. The investment banker must be ever mindful of the market's performance and how it will affect their clients.

The purpose of this book however is much deeper, for it is my plan to explore how to become ever mindful of our Christian faith and what God wants for our lives. This way, not a day will pass where we go about our business without first asking for God's direction. So many of us have plans and things we hope to accomplish and have seen many years go by with no progression. The blatant reason for this is because it is too easy for us to allow things, events or people to get in our way, slow us down, and even completely hold us back. This happens because we are not remaining mindful of our goals in every action.

You must realize that God is present and wants to speak to you at all times.

You will have to practice listening to His voice when a noisy crowd is all around you. You will have to welcome God into every space of your life. Unfortunately, it generally takes some misfortune to make us desperate before we take action. In the same way that many drug addicts won't change until they are on the brink of losing everything, we seem to only act when we get to the point where we have nothing left to lose before we'll risk it all. I suggest that we learn from this behavior before it's too late, before we let ten more years go by and look back in disbelief, before we miss out on what God wants for our lives. I guess that's why I finally buckled down and finished this book. I knew this is what God wanted me to do and because of my previous situation, I had no real excuses anymore.

Allow God, His word and His moral fiber to affect your every action, every word, every thought.

To do this, it is imperative that we realize God has all authority and Satan has no authority. We must learn to see ourselves the way God sees us. This will carry over into everything else we do. When we learn to keep our thoughts focused on God's plan for our lives, it will change our behavior. Join me on this journey as we delve into stories from the Bible that will help us see God as the Provider who never falls out of love with His creation. Each chapter will end with a Practice Point which encourages personal growth. Join me on this journey of Becoming Ever Mindful!