Woman to Woman: Candid Conversations from Me to You by Joyce Meyer

Author:Joyce Meyer [Meyer, Joyce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL012000
ISBN: 9780446548793
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2008-10-30T06:00:00+00:00

I learned that many of my problems with indecision were rooted in wrong thinking patterns. My mind was undisciplined.

Several years ago, I became much more serious about my relationship with the Lord. Through this process, I learned that many of my problems with indecision were rooted in wrong thinking patterns. My mind was undisciplined—it was a mess!

I felt overwhelmed when I began to see how indecisive and insecure I was in my mind. I tried hard to correct the problem by rejecting the wrong thoughts that came into my mind, but they were persistent.

Many women struggle with this because they have spent years allowing their minds to wander. They’ve never applied the principles of discipline to their thought lives. People who cannot seem to concentrate long enough to make a decision often think there is something wrong with their mind. However, the inability to concentrate and settle on a decision can be the result of years of simply letting the mind do whatever it wants to do.

I struggled with this lack of ability to concentrate for years. When a strong decision was called for in my life, I found that I wasn’t confident or disciplined enough to step out and make that choice.

My mind was undisciplined and wandered from the subject at hand. Then I read these important words in Ecclesiastes 5:1: “Give your mind to what you are doing.” I had to train my mind through discipline. It was not easy, and sometimes I still have relapses. While trying to complete a project, I will suddenly realize that my mind has just wandered off onto something else that has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand. I have not yet arrived at a place of perfect concentration, but at least I understand how important it is not to allow my mind to go wherever it wishes, whenever it desires.

Many times my mind wanders off even during conversations. There are times when my husband, Dave, is talking to me, and I listen for a while—then all of a sudden I realize that I have not heard a thing he’s been saying. Why? Because I allowed my mind to wander off onto something else. My body was standing there, apparently listening, but in my mind, I didn’t hear a thing.

For many years, when this sort of thing happened, I pretended that I knew exactly what Dave was saying. Now I simply stop and say, “I’m sorry, but can you back up and repeat that? I let my mind wander off, and I didn’t hear a thing you said.” In this way, I am dealing with the problem. I am disciplining my mind to stay on track. Confronting these issues is the only way to get on the victorious side of them.

Remember, the mind is the battlefield for these daily skirmishes. Indecision and uncertainty are just results of losing these critical battles and can cause you to think there is something wrong with your mind. But the truth is—your mind just needs to be disciplined.

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