Balance and footing were everything in my ascent to the rooftop wearing white cuffed, lace trimmed socks with my black patent Mary Jane shoes.  If I missed a step, slipped, tripped, or misjudged I would fall and the adventure would be over.  Carefully, I climbed the lattice where the bougainvillea grew, leaving about a four-inch space between the thorny pink flowering beauty and the brick wall.  I swung my leg over the porch awning and I was suddenly on top of the world.  I scanned the shingles for uneven corners, stray pebbles and other debris, removed it, and then it was truly as if nothing could stop my imagination.  How could it have been any better?

Can you remember a time when you were uninhibited with an exhilarating burst of natural adrenaline?  Your thoughts were set on the challenge ahead, and you already saw yourself accomplishing the task.  You didn’t ponder the possibility of failure beforehand, you just lived in a pattern of success.  Any thwart to the plan would have caused you to realign and charge straight ahead.  That’s what I call “North Faced Thinking.”

For many of us, somewhere along the way a bunch of noise got in our heads that caused us to yield, second guess ourselves, and eventually abort the mission.  That adventurous spirit is still inside of you and needs to be set free!

The lies we have allowed to clutter our thinking have impacted us gravely when it comes to fixing our eyes on the mission.  We must learn to put aside all “stinkin’ thinkin’” that inhibits our forward movement.  We must also embrace a calling or mission that is forward moving.  Each of us is created with a unique combination of gifts, talents, and abilities for the beautiful purpose of worshiping God!  If we choose to accept who we were created to be, and boldly embrace the calling on our life, we can live in such a way that will rock the world!  “North Faced Thinking” is throwing down the old ways of ineffective and unproductive thinking so we can live purposefully and intentionally.  Whatever your profession, position, endeavor, or relationship, do it with your eyes fixed forward!  

For me, it is living out who I am in Christ.  Daily I choose to rise, and fix my thoughts and sights on what He has for me.  It’s a choice.  The “North Faced Thinking” attitude is a choice to live uninhibited by the noise of the lies that paralyze us from living as we were created to live!  

My prayer for you is that you will choose to run the rooftop with me, don’t abort the mission, and rely on God’s strength to empower you to gaze straight ahead!

Joyfully Healing From The Inside Out,