Seeing through the fog…
Sunrise in the foggy woods
When I wrote about the fog last year. I wrote that being in the fog made it hard to see what’s coming up in the future and to seek wisdom in those times. This morning, sitting fifteen feet up in a tree on a foggy morning, I thought about it differently.
This morning, I thought that maybe the fog comes in our lives and minds to hold us back, to hide our future greatness from ourselves. What if the mental fog is put there intentionally? And if it’s intentional, who put it there? Could it be that we do it to ourselves sometimes?
I have put limits on my abilities in my mind for years. I told myself I wasn’t good enough, smart enough, etc. Those were all lies that blocked the reality of my true abilities from myself, I caused the fog in my mind. Since I have chosen to embrace new challenges instead of making bad excuses, I have proved myself wrong several times over the past year pushing through with no real concern of failure. You know what? I have conquered every single one of those challenges.
This past week I had two big victories. I took over a new position at work, and I have been doing very well so far. But the biggest one was Wednesday night. I had the opportunity to speak to the whole men’s group at church and share my story / testimony. I was in front of over 100 men and being vulnerable and open with them about my struggles and challenges over the course of my life. I was able to share the change since I fully started following God. I did all of this without being nervous and without reading the script I wrote out. I had a bunch of people praying over me to be successful in this first time doing anything like this, so I know it wasn’t me who pulled it off.
It got me thinking about what other limitations I have put on myself over the years, and how I can start to prove them wrong as well.
I believe a foggy mind is put there to keep us from becoming the people God designed us to be. I guess you could say the devil does it or you can say the sin in our lives, that we all struggle with, clouds our thoughts to our true purpose. If we allow it to stick around, we will be held back from our true purpose in life that we all have.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
2 Timothy 1:7 NLT
