The Power of Belief

The Power of Belief
by Pete Berardi

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

All of our actions are dependent upon our belief system. We live in a place that we believe we belong. We earn the exact amount of money that we believe we deserve. We have relationships with people that we believe to be worthy of our time. All of our success, failure, happiness and sadness is based on our belief system.

To that statement one might say, “But what about the things that happen to me that are outside of my control? For instance, when someone attacks me or if I get in a car accident, this changes my life. I have no control over these occurrences.” I agree. However what a person does have control over is how he or she reacts to these occurrences.

For example, if a loved one passes away, I can either feel sadness or joy. My feelings depend upon only what I believe. If I believe that this person is in a better place, that God has a plan, and that someday I will see him again, then I will undoubtedly experience joy. On the other hand however if I focus only on the loss of this person and how it affects my life, I will feel sadness and grief.

By changing one’s belief system a person can dramatically change all facets of his or her life. By believing that one can be successful, he or she takes leaps toward actually being successful. Anything that a man can believe, he can achieve. And yet, no one can achieve anything that he or she does not believe that he or she can achieve it.