An ICTC Attitude

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Encouragement for your daily walk with God

Some Christ followers allow circumstances to determine their attitude. Is that you? If life is going smoothly you feel good. Then, as it typically does, life gets hard and your mood drops off the charts. Did you know that you don’t have to live that way! But how? It isn’t a secret, really. Like the apostle Paul, we have to LEARN, and PRACTICE, being content. 

All you have to do is develop, what I like to call, an ICTC attitude. What is that, you ask? It stands for: I Can Through Christ. An “I Can Through Christ” attitude, when learned and practiced, allows God’s power to touch your weakness so that you can adapt to changing circumstances. When we respond to life’s circumstances that way, we get past living by our feelings and begin to live by faith [see 2 Corinthians 5:7].

An “I Can Through Christ” attitude requires submission and trust. As we yield to God’s way, our desire to control events is replaced with reliance on Him. The net result is that we stop fighting against our circumstances, which, by the way, only brings anxiety and stress. Reliance on God is trusting that He is overseeing every situation we face, and that He is working out His perfect plan for us — one that is for His glory and our good [Romans 8:28].

Paul could speak about contentment with a great deal of authority. For him, it wasn’t ethereal. He faced rejection and many difficult trials with an “I Can Through Christ” attitude. If we believe God has our best interest at heart, we can learn and practice contentment too!

Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. John 14:1