God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are (Romans 8:15).
Today, the first day of your journey to a more authentic life, begins with a focus on awareness. This is the first of 40 characteristics that define a person who is living authentically—for how can you be truly yourself if you’re not aware of who you truly are?
For now, I want you to simply focus on being more self-aware. Without cultivating self-awareness, nothing else you do will move you toward living more authentically. It is the first step you must take in making the adjustments necessary to correct the course of your life.
If you are to grow as a person, you must be aware of what your thoughts are telling you about whom you are now and who you are capable of becoming. You must have an objective understanding of your own mindsets, habits, challenges, strengths, and weaknesses.
We shall not cease from exploration—and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. —T. S. Eliot
ACTION STEPS
| Describe what you believe are some outstanding characteristics about yourself? |
| How have you capitalized on those and harnessed the inherent power of you? |
| What more can you do to maximize your unique set of gifts and minimize your own peculiar shortcomings? |
| Take a look at the 24 questions in Appendix B. Take some time to look them over at the beginning of this 40-day journey. You don’t have to answer them all right now; return to reflect on them occasionally throughout the Soul Fast process. Insights will come to you along the way. When these questions keep you awake at night and make you listless during the day, set aside time to pray and journal your thoughts until you find the answers. |
| Listen carefully to what you hear God’s Spirit saying—that still, small voice—and write down what you hear. |
Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17 AMP).