Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.
- Romans 12.2 NLT
You've got to think high to rise.
-Walter D. Wintle
‘New Thinking, New Possibilities’ is a brand slogan recently launched by an automobile company to reflect its will to create new possibilities to benefit the world and its people by encouraging and developing new thinking. Interestingly, this concept is primarily rooted in the scripture. In the words of Brother Paul, a great first century Apostle; “Do not copy the behaviour of the world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good, and pleasing and perfect.” (Romans 12.2 NLT)
Of late at a ‘youth alive’ even we organized in my local church, the highly inspirational poem by Walter Wintle, “The Man Who Thinks He Can”, was featured in a spirit-filled style that remarkably enthralled the congregation of promising youths.
This famous poem, as written by Walter D. Wintle, a poet who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century, has never failed to inspire possibilities, adventure, and most importantly, incredible self-belief which has been identified by experts as the bedrock of all personal success. Unfortunately, little to nothing is known about any details of his life.
“The Man Who Thinks He Can”
If you think you are beaten, you are
If you think you dare not, you don't,
If you like to win, but you think you can't
It is almost certain you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you've lost
For out of the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow's will
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are
You've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!
-Walter D. Wintle
Remember, you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. Think possibilities. Shalom!
James Adekoje
For The Bible Motivator