LeadTip #10 What type of person will you be?

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Colossians 3:12-13 NIV

What type of person will you be? One who is gracious, positive, flexible, and forgiving? One who doesn’t focus on the negative and looks for the positive? Or will negativity, criticalness, sensitivity, pride, self-justification,offense and unforgiveness be what feeds and leads you.

The Bible teaches you are to clothe yourself with the character of Christ. Just like your natural clothing is a choice, your spiritual clothing is a choice too. You can decide to put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. The Holy Spirit gives you the ability and empowerment to do so. But it is a decision of the will, and it takes daily practice.

So choose wisely! Choose to live by your spirit nature and not your carnal nature. Positivity is contagious and it affects not only yourself, but all those around you. It also produces greater productivity and happiness. So come against negative attitudes and always choose to be the better you, the you God created in His image.