How’s your attitude? It makes all the difference in the world. A woman woke up one morning, looked in the mirror and saw that she only had three hairs on her head. She smiled and said to herself, “I think I’ll braid my hair today.” And she did. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head. She smiled and said to herself, “I think I’ll part my hair down the middle today.” And she did. Looking in the mirror the next morning, there was only one hair left on her head. She smiled again and said, “I think I’ll wear a ponytail today.” And she did. The next morning when she made her daily trip to the mirror, she noticed that she did not have a single hair left on her head. When she saw that she cried out, “Hallelujah! I don’t have to spend any time fixing my hair today!”
Your attitude makes all the difference in the world. The one who knows the number of hairs that are on your head also knows what your attitude is. And He knows what your attitude should be.
Philippians 2:5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus
When you confess your faith in Jesus, when you believe that He died to pay for the sins of everyone, including yours, it is life altering. When you first speak that faith, you have the right attitude. So what happens? How do we lose that attitude, the one that makes us humble and willing to be obedient to God in gratitude for what He has done for us? Why do we have those days when our attitude is all wrong, when we spew venom from our mouths and seem to do the exact opposite of what God would have us do in our lives?
The answer is simple. It is sin. The same sin Jesus died for. We forget who we are and whose we are, and we let sin take over our thoughts and words and actions. We lash out at others fearful that they might get the best of us. We think only of ourselves and our own desires. At those times we have the wrong attitude. We need an attitude adjustment. David wrote about that in.
Psalm 51:10-12 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
A willing spirit – the right attitude. If we have the attitude of Christ, will be humble and obedient to Him, even as He was humble and obedient. Paul reminds us that Jesus was obedient even to death. That is something that you promise, to suffer all, even death, rather than fall away from Jesus. We make this promise because we know the joy of our salvation. You know that Jesus Christ came to this earth to live, suffer, die, and rise again for you! When you remember that, you will have the right attitude, the attitude of Christ.
