"GET INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT"
By Neil D. Gass

Ever feel as though your life was no longer under your own control? As though somehow you’ve become a passenger in the vehicle of your own life while someone or something else seems to be driving? At times perhaps nobody seems to be driving? All you know for sure is that you’re no longer calling the shots; your hand is not on the wheel; your foot’s not on the brake; you’re in the passenger’s seat, being taken for the ride of your life & feeling powerless to change direction or speed, just hanging on for dear life?

If so, you’re in the right place at the right time, because I want to help you learn to TAKE CHARGE of YOUR LIFE by getting you out of the passenger’s seat of your life and into the DRIVER’S SEAT, where God intended you to be! And the KEY is so very simple. You don’t have to change your world, your financial status, your geographical location or the people in your life. You only have to change one thing: THE WAY YOU THINK…the things you SAY when you TALK TO YOURSELF!

You see, God says, “Change your thinking and you change your life!” Rom. 12:2 puts it this way. “Don’t be not conformed (molded, shaped, determined) by the world (the people, circumstances, systems, conditions around you) but be transformed by the renewing (changing, altering) of your mind in order that you may experience what is God’s good, acceptable and perfect will for your life.”

According to this verse, you are either:

• A CONFORMER, a PASSENGER, being dictated to and controlled by what life, people, circumstances or conditions bring your way. Or you’re:

• A TRANSFORMER, a DRIVER, in charge, determining where your life goes no matter what life, people, circumstances or conditions bring your way! This is what God had in mind for you when he created you in His image.

If you’re a passenger, you’re passively reacting to what happens TO you. If an ideal opportunity falls into your lap, you act. Otherwise you play it safe, avoid any possible risk and act only if success is 100% guaranteed! Your life is characterized by procrastination, unfinished projects, unfulfilled potential and missed opportunities to be your best.

If you’re a driver, you’re proactive. You act in ways that make things happen because you tap into what God has put IN you. You don’t wait for opportunity to knock. You initiate success by going out actively searching for opportunity. You embrace the new, the unfamiliar, the frightening. You “risk it” by acting on your faith. Even when you’re afraid, you feel the fear and do it anyhow!

And the difference between being a passenger or a driver in your life is not genetics, privilege, intelligence, opportunity or circumstances. It’s THINKING! If you’re a passenger it’s because you think like a passenger. You can become a driver by learning to think like a driver! By applying the principle God calls, “the RENEWING of THE MIND,” you can take the wheel of your life, call the shots and make the decisions as God directs you, in spite of people, circumstances and conditions, even your own past failures!