“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he …” Proverbs 23:7

Nothing defines destiny like mentality. For our destinies to be actualised, we must possess possibility and success mentality.

“And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do”. Genesis 11:6

“It is, therefore, a possibility mentality that makes a giant. As it is written: I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”. Philippians 4:13

Until we change the way we think, it will be impossible to change the way we live. The Bible says:

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”. Romans 12:2

Proverbs 4:23 also says: Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Our thoughts determine our lot in life. That is why it is failure mentality that makes a failure; lack mentality makes a pauper, and success mentality makes a star. It is our imagination that determines our destination.

“Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do”. Genesis 11:6

It is a positive mentality that makes a giant. Therefore, our thoughts will either make us or break us.

“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man”. Mark 7:21-23

In essence, when great thoughts dominate our hearts, they result in our greatness. Naturally, evil thoughts bring about evil acts, and great thoughts empower us to take giant steps into greatness. Ultimately, our “thoughts” determines our destinies. The Bible says:

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”. Romans 12:2

In essence, until we change the way we think, we cannot change the way we live. Therefore, “Think like a Star.” That is, cultivate the mentality of a star, because that is where stardom begins. It is also very important to recognise from James 1:21-25 that God’s Word is the spiritual mirror that reveals our actual worth as children of God.

That means, we can catch our actual picture from the mirror of the Word. Also, in Proverbs 27:19, it is written: As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Furthermore, we are told that the Word of God is like water.

“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word”. Ephesians 5:26

That means, God’s Word is a bowl of water and every time we open the pages, the pictures of our destinies are revealed to us. For instance, in the mirror of the Word, every child of God is revealed as a lion. Why? Jesus is the Lion of the tribe of Judah and we are heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Him. The Bible records:

“And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth”. Revelation 5:5-6

It is also written:

“For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren”. Hebrews 2:11

There is no way a sheep can be a brother to a lion. Thus, if God called us brethren, then we belong to the same class. If He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, then, we belong to the lion’s tribe; and that should make a difference in the way we think. But, what makes a lion? Unusual strength that commands dominion. It is written:

“There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any”. Proverbs 30:29-30

We must understand that a lion’s strength is not just in the physical but also within (inner strength), which translates to ‘confidence’. The lion is not the biggest animal in the jungle; yet, it challenges other animals such as the elephant and the hippopotamus that are three times its size. This shows that it takes confidence to emerge a conqueror. For example, Joshua and Caleb were the youngest of the spies sent to Jericho, but they were super-confident in God. The lion in them came alive! Thus, the dominion of a lion is rooted in its confidence, and every child of God is redeemed a lion.

As long as we remain sheep, we stand the risk of being slaughtered! Concerning Jesus, the Bible says:

“He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth”. Isaiah 53:7

By the revelation of the Word, we are eagles and lions, and, therefore the kings of the jungle and the kings of the air. The truth is that we can’t get what we cannot see. In the early years of Covenant University, I said, “There is no university we are trying to compete with in Nigeria.

The ones that we are competing with are not here A new generation Harvard is in the making.” I could boldly declare these because I knew that no one arrive at a future he cannot see…

This text is an extract from the book “FOLLOWING THE PATH OF THE EAGLE” written by David O. Oyedepo. 
We invite you to read the following article “We Are Commanders Of Supernatural Breakthroughs“.

THINK LIKE A STAR. THINK LIKE A STAR. THINK LIKE A STAR.