{"id":765,"date":"2013-04-22T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T07:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/?p=765"},"modified":"2013-04-19T12:20:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T19:20:10","slug":"who-is-really-in-control-of-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/who-is-really-in-control-of-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Really In Control Of Your Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You know, it is most interesting to talk to and learn from other people, both the great successes and the not-so-successful. These would be everyday people who started out their lives just like everyone else.\u00a0 Some of whom received a formal and\/or sophisticated education or other ones who learned a trade or vocation.\u00a0 It really makes no significant difference.\u00a0 Your beginning is only that,…..a beginning.\u00a0 With time and experience you will come to know the truth and that is, simply, that what you do with your \u201cstart\u201d is what will really determine how you wind up, how you end your game, in the final analysis.<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

People who really know and understand the truth in life also deep down inside of their hearts and minds know that everything is going to be fine,… everything is going to work out all right for them.\u00a0 They have a relaxed inner peace and confidence.\u00a0 They seem to be able to handle everything that comes their way be it good or be it bad.\u00a0 They seem to be like the movie character, \u201cCool Hand Luke\u201d.\u00a0 Everything is going to be just fine….just mighty fine…no matter what actually happens to them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Those poor folks who do not possess this \u201cinner peace\u201d are always living their lives in a constant turmoil.\u00a0 They are surrounded with chaos and challenges on an almost daily basis.\u00a0 Peace, happiness, and good meaningful long-lasting personal relationships are almost nonexistent in their life here on earth.\u00a0 They appear to be frustrated and angry most of the time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now wouldn\u2019t it make much more sense and sensibility to live your life with peace and happiness in abundance, and with calm coolness surrounding your every thought and action?\u00a0 I assure you that it would.\u00a0 As a side benefit such a calmed down lifestyle will also provide you with a much longer life time here on earth.\u00a0 It has been proven beyond any reasonable doubt that a stress-free lifestyle will increase your physical longevity and well being.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So,…how does one go about settling down his hectic, always too busy, always too fast-paced lifestyle? \u00a0 Simple, get around the people you know, or observe them from a distance, who possess the type of life that you desire, and learn from them what they did to create such a lifestyle for themselves.\u00a0 In the spiritual realm, which exists for all men and women\u00a0 any where and every where they happen to be, lie the same secrets and benefits that will apply to you.\u00a0 These spiritual blessings will not attack you.\u00a0 You cannot purchase them or steal them from someone else.\u00a0 The only way to acquire them is to first learn about them from those who know them and have personally acquired them, and are demonstrating them as they live their lives.\u00a0 There is always so much to learn by observation, if we will ever just stop running around in circles, going nowhere fast,…and quietly observe!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It has been my personal experience that those folks who possess this special and different peace, quiet and confidence, about which I am speaking, are always eager and willing to share their knowledge with anyone who demonstrates enough intelligence to ask about them.\u00a0 God\u2019s admonition in the Bible resonates the truth that … \u201cwe have not,…because we ask not.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So here is the TRUTH that I want you to understand and get.\u00a0 I had to learn this the hard way, through and with my own \u201cbroken nose.\u201d\u00a0 Hopefully my hindsight and will be your foresight.\u00a0 Hopefully you can learn this important lesson without the pain and suffering of those who have gone before you.\u00a0 Here it is!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter what you say or think….YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Man likes to think that he is first invincible<\/i>, that he can live and do whatever he desires and never be harmed in doing so.\u00a0 That he will live forever so there is no need to practice healthy preventive maintenance.\u00a0 Eat, drink, and be merry all hours of the day or night.\u00a0 Live your life in the \u201cfast lane.\u201d\u00a0 Don\u2019t stop or slow down for anything, if you do, you may miss something important.\u00a0 You can catch up on your sleep and rest sometime next week.\u00a0 Over eat,…over drink,…over act, over play, and\u00a0 you will be O K.\u00a0 You are young and you have your whole long…long…life ahead of you.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can rest when you get old.\u00a0 And forget about the \u201cGod Thing\u201d….\u00a0 there will be time enough for Him later.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If that is how you live your life today…I will guarantee that you will age prematurely and go to an early grave.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

People who live like I just described are the ones who grow to look 20 years older than their actually are.\u00a0 They go to their 20 year high school \u00a0 class reunion and look like they should be attending their 40th<\/sup> year reunion.\u00a0 They are prematurely gray haired…or without any hair at all.\u00a0 They are withered with wrinkles and scars. Broken blood vessels cover their faces. They have very negative attitudes and related speech.\u00a0 They usually have no smile on their face.\u00a0 Many of them are sickly or look like they are suffering from disease or poor health.\u00a0 In general they look really old and they are almost always in an unhappy state of mind.\u00a0 They seem to be eager to tell anyone who will listen how bad things and life are for them.\u00a0 Negative…negative….negative.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh how they wish they could recapture some of those good youthful years that they so eagerly threw away in their past.\u00a0 The length of the \u201cdash\u201d on their gravestone, i.e. the length of time between their date of birth and their date of death is never very long.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trust me,….you…. nor any other human being is invincible.\u00a0 Your days on this earth are pre-numbered and are very precious.\u00a0 Don\u2019t foolishly throw any of them away.\u00a0 Keep your life properly balanced and in check. \u00a0 Avoid at all costs doing or being around wrong things, wrong people, and wrong activities.\u00a0 You will be glad you did!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The second big mistake man likes to make is to think that he personally is in total control of his own life.<\/i>\u00a0 Let me just be very bold with you.\u00a0 You are not in control of anything except for your personal reaction to any of the things that (1) God allows and permits to come into your life, and to anything (2) that you put or allow to be put into your own body, mouth or mind or (3) that you put into someone else\u2019s body, mind or mouth.\u00a0 Other than those three things, God alone is the One who is in total control of you and what happens to you.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is true whether you like it or agree with it.\u00a0 Truth is just that… It is Truth.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you do not believe that what I say is true…it is only because you have not lived long enough, or have had enough personal experience as yet, to come to know that what I am saying is the truth.\u00a0 Don\u2019t worry, you will one day learn it is true!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember this…Nothing comes into your life unless and until it first crosses God\u2019s desk and receives His Stamp of Approval,…That\u2019s It…Period!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That is the very reason God tells us in His Word that \u201cAll things work together for good to those who love the Lord,…to those who are called according to His purpose.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I tell you the Truth….God is sovereign.\u00a0 It is He who is in total control of all things.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Never put a question mark where God has already put a period!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace and Love to all of you…….Poppa Bear<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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