2 Peter, Chapter 2, Verse 4-10
4 For if God did not spare the angels
when they sinned, but condemned them to the chains of Tartarus and handed them
over to be kept for judgment; 5 and if he did not spare
the ancient world, even though he preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness,
together with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the godless world; 6 and if he condemned the cities of Sodom
and Gomorrah [to destruction], reducing them to ashes, making them an example
for the godless [people] of what is coming; 7
and if he rescued Lot, a
righteous man oppressed by the licentious conduct of unprincipled people 8 (for day after day that righteous man
living among them was tormented in his righteous soul at the lawless deeds that
he saw and heard), 9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the
devout from trial and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of
judgment, 10 and especially those who follow the
flesh with its depraved desire and show contempt for lordship.
In life we are always
moving toward the future. Our destination is life eternal with our creator. In
our little sailboat of life we tend to be either moving toward God by taking
advantage of His graces which provide the wind for our sails or we do nothing
but drift.
Napoleon Hill noted in his
manuscript on a book he never published entitled “Outwitting the devil” stated
drifting was one of the tools the devil uses to keep us off tack and not
sailing towards God’s mountain.
A Protection against drifting lies
within easy reach of every human being who has a normal body and a sound mind.
The self-defense can be applied through these simple methods:
1.
Do your own thinking on all occasions. The fact that
human beings are given complete control over nothing save the power to think
their own thoughts is laden with significance.
2.
Decide definitely what you want from life; then create
a plan for attaining it and be willing to sacrifice everything rather than
accept permanent defeat.
3.
Analyze temporary defeat, no matter of what nature or
cause, and extract from it the seed of an equivalent advantage.
4.
Be willing to render useful service equivalent to the
value of all material things you demand of life, and render the service first.
5.
Recognize that your brain is a receiving set that can
be attuned to receive communications from the universal storehouse of Infinite
Intelligence, to help you transmute your desires into their physical
equivalent.
6.
Recognize that your greatest asset is time, the only
thing except the power of thought which you own outright, and the one thing
which can be shaped into whatever material things you want. Budget your time so
none of it is wasted.
7.
Recognize the truth that fear generally is a filler with which the Devil occupies the unused
portion of your mind. It is only a state of mind which you can control by
filling the space it occupies with faith in your ability to make life provide
you with whatever you demand of it.
8.
When you pray, do not beg! Demand what you want and
insist upon getting exactly that, with no substitutes.
9.
Recognize that life is a cruel taskmaster and that
either you master it or it masters you. There is no half-way or compromising
point. Never accept from life anything you do not want. lf that which you do
not want is temporarily forced upon you, you can refuse, in your own mind, to
accept it and it will make way for the thing you do want.
10. Lastly,
remember that your dominating thoughts attract, through a definite law of
nature, by the shortest and most convenient route, their physical counterpart.
Be careful what your thoughts dwell upon.
A simple formula combining all
the ten points:
Be definite in everything you do and never leave
unfinished thoughts in the mind. Form the habit of reaching definite decisions
on all subjects.
Can the habit of drifting be
broken, or does it become permanent once it has been framed?
The habit can be broken if the
victim has enough willpower, providing it is done in time. There is a point
beyond which the habit can never be broken. Beyond that point the victim is
mine. He resembles a fly that has been caught in a spider’s web. He may
struggle, but he cannot get out. Each move he makes entangles him more
securely. The web in which I entangle my victims permanently is a law of nature
not yet isolated by, or understood by, men of science.
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