"I think I can, I think I can, I...think...I...can"

My boys are currently sitting on the couch watching the movie "The little engine that could". You remember this movie, right? The little engine was just built to tow one train car around at a time but then somehow ends up being the only engine to save the day. He ends up towing more train cars than what he was built for and gets to the last and highest mountain. You can just hear the music in her head (yes in this movie the engine is a girl ) ...dun,dun,dunnnnn....anyway, she makes up her MIND that she is gonna believe what a wise old Engine told her, "If you think you can, you will...if you think  you can't, you won't", despite what her BODY, her own strength was telling her, she was going to get over that mountain. So she starts going and just keeps saying out loud, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can"...until she makes it to the top and has overcome all physical odds. So inspiring and yes I may have teared up, a little, at that part :-) When I started typing, I wasn't planning to use this but it ties in perfectly with what God is speaking to me this morning.

Psalm 103:1-5, " Bless the Lord, O my SOUL; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my SOUL, and FORGET not all His benefits. Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."

Just finished another series by Creflo Dollar called "Believing Beyond What's Seen". And in this series he really breaks down what the Word of God says about how we are a spirit, made in the image of God, we possess a soul and we live in a body. So I have been meditating on my notes and then in my time this morning this scripture really popped out at me.

First we have to understand the role or function that our spirit, our soul and our bodies play in us. With my spirit, I contact the spiritual realm, with my soul, the intellectual realm and with my body the physical realm. So I got to thinking about Psalm 103:1-5 and how I typed it is how it stood out to me today. "Bless the Lord oh my SOUL and FORGET not..." So the word SOUL and the word FORGET are in the same sentence which leads me to the fact that my soul, which contacts the intellectual, the part of me that understands or learns, can forget! It speaks and shows us that our soul does indeed connect with our intellect. So in this scripture, the psalmist was reminding his soul of all of God's benefits. RENEWING HIS SOUL OR SHOULD WE SAY MIND...hmmm, interesting.

Back to the "The little engine that could", she made up her MIND that she was not going to forget what the wise old Engine told her, " If you think you can, you will. If you think you can't, you won't" I am going to keep reminding my SOUL of all God's benefits, which is forgiveness, healing, redemption, loving kindness, tender mercies, satisfaction of good things and renewed youth! My physical body has to be empowered by that, despite the load that it's feeling, and it will make it to the top of the mountain. When the little engine got closer to the top of the mountain, she changed here wording. She said, " I know I can, I know I can, I know I can." So I have to get from just thinking to knowing! I'm gonna get it..."If I know I can, then I will...if I know I can't, I won't." Which one do you think I'm going to choose?