Don’t Stop Believing

Do you remember the song by American rock band, Journey, called “Don’t Stop Believing?” Originally released in 1981, it is the best selling digital track from the 20th century, selling over 7 million copies to music lovers all over the United States. The song was birthed from when the father of keyboardist, Jonathan Cain, reminded him many times, “Don’t stop believing or you’re done, dude,” when he struggled as a musician living on Los Angeles’ Sunset Boulevard. Interestingly, the song has been played for numerous sports events and became a regularly played song at the ball fields of Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks and San Francisco Giants. The hockey team, Detroit Red Wings, adopted the song during their playoff run and it was also played in the closing ceremony of the Joe Louis Arena in 2017, home of the Red Wings. I’ve heard it said, whatever you believe, will come about. If you believe you’ll never get ahead, that’s what will happen. If you believe you’re going to make it, you will. Regardless of circumstances in life, belief is the determining factor of whether or not one will have achievements or success in life. Belief is the bottom line for anything to work. I once read a true story of when a train maintenance worker died of exposure when he was accidentally locked in a refrigerated train car for the weekend. He had convinced himself that he was going to freeze to death and he did. The sad part was the refrigeration system wasn’t actually working. The Word of God says “all things are possible. Only believe.” What needs to change in your life? Do you desire to get out of debt? Have reconciliation with a family member? Get healthy? Break free from addictions or bondages that hold you back? Start a new business? Buy a house? I have good news for you! Once you get your “believer” working, things will begin to change in your life! Never give up believing! Find promises in the Word of God to grab hold of and stand on in the journey from here to there. Never go back on your prayers. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruit.” Keep your words aligned with the Word of God. Watch over your confession... listen to what is coming out of your mouth. Is it doubt and unbelief? Or faith that the thing that you believe, will come to pass? The minute we begin to doubt, it negates the journey of faith we started on. Doubt and go without. Faith and you’ll do great! If we aren’t walking in agreement with God’s Word, we are walking in doubt. Kenneth Copeland says “doubt is the thief of God’s blessings.” There are over 5600 promises in God’s Love Letter to us but we allow doubt to creep in and don’t stand on the final authority, the Word of God, over our situations. God is waiting to pour out His blessings in our lives, but we’ve allowed doubt to become a stumbling block to that blessing. The way around that is by feeding on the Word of God daily and allowing it to override every thought of doubt and replace it with faith. Faith gets the job done! Faith is the title deed of things hoped for. Get your hopes up, dear readers and ONLY BELIEVE! ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! Scripture references: Mark 9:23, Proverbs 18:21