At The Core Of Our Thinking Are Dysfunctional Beliefs!

This morning my wife returned to the bedroom and said "Are you getting up this morning?", to which I promptly replied "No!". Well, I did eventually get up, but I sure didn't feel like I had the strength to get through what I knew was going to be a long day, mentally, physically, and emotionally. I know how important it is to control my thoughts and not let emotion run my life but I sure didn't feel like going through the day. How was I going to get the strength needed? How do you lay aside your own weariness despite how you feel? I know that thoughts are important, but how do I change what I'm thinking as I start the day? At the core of our thinking is dysfunctional beliefs. Today started with a belief that I must have the strength to get through a tough day. Reality: my puny self doesn't have the strength even if I mustered all the positive thinking I could. I'm just not big enough, wise enough, strong enough, mentally tough enough, had enough experiences, or any other variable I can think of. Even if I could hire the best physical trainers, motivational experts, or psychologists, I still would not have enough resources at my disposal to accomplish all that I was created to accomplish or have the endurance and patience needed to get through tough days. This morning my beliefs were improperly grounded - in me. Collosians (see below) tells us that we are stregthened "according to His glorious might" - now that's endless resources! In Ephesians 3:16 Paul prays that we might be stregthened "out of His glorious might"! God has resources and depth that I cannot fathom. So, in order to make it through life I need to align my beliefs with Him = Truth. Then and only then will the resources be available to me to make it through tough days with joyfullness. So this morning when I didn't want to get up I needed to align my weariness with strength from "His glorious might" not mine!

Collosians 1:11-12
11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.