A Message for the Overcomers!
- Jamelle Sanders
- Oct 1, 2018
- 4 min read
As I write to you, I am coming off of a very busy couple of weeks. Many of you know that I have been in a major time of transition in my life. My schedule has been insane but I am enjoying the journey. We have officially ended the third quarter and entered into the fourth quarter of 2018. That means that you have three months to get your life in order, make adjustments and accomplish your vision for 2018. Of course, you will not be able to accomplish your entire vision for 2018 in three months. However, you must make the most of the moments that you have left. Some people get discouraged and depressed around this time of the year. This is not a time to feel bad or to focus on failure. Now is the time to assess your goals and align yourself for greater results. With focus and discipline, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish over the next three months!
Have you settled for a life of defeat? Are you cultivating a champion mindset? Will you dare to be an overcomer? 2018 has been a year of major transitions in my life. I recently announced that I was stepping away from Jamelle Sanders International to focus on other things. That announcement brought mixed reactions from all over the world. While it was an adjustment, I am loving this new season in my life. One thing I know for sure is that seasons change and things will not always be the same. You cannot get so locked into a season that you forfeit opportunities to grow, mature and evolve. It is important to understand that a season was never designed to last for a lifetime. Defeat is a mindset. More importantly, defeat is a decision that one makes to stop developing. Defeat is ultimately giving up and disengaging the battle. You will never fulfill your prophetic destiny with a defeated mentality. You cannot surrender to defeat if you want to seize your destiny. Settling is the proof that one has not awakened to their true significance.
If you have followed my work for any length of time, you know that I believe in cultivating a champion mindset. In fact, I believe in it so much that I have written eight books around this very topic. Why am I so passionate about challenging the way that people think? I’ve been where many people are right now in their lives. I have blamed situations and circumstances for my lack of progress. I’ve even played the role of a victim and told my sad story. However, at the end of the day, I realized that I was responsible for my life. Nothing about my life was going to change until I was willing to change it. There is no place that I have ended up in my life that my thinking did not shape. As long as you have breath in your body, you have the power to make another decision and move your life in another direction. You will live the life of a champion when you dare to cultivate a new mindset. You have to stop seeing yourself as inferior and see yourself as a person of identity and power. How you approach the fight will always determine your outcome. Champions fall and get back up. Champions have the mental toughness to thrive in the most turbulent situations. Champions understand that in life you either fight or die.
Every human being on this planet was created to be an overcomer. However, it is not enough to know that you can be an overcomer. At some point you have to make up your mind that you are going to overcome. Overcomers understand that no season can trap them, no cycle can cripple them, no disappointment can define them and no obstacle can oppose them. Overcomers realize that defeat is not an option for them. I am not writing to the defeated today. I am writing to overcomers. I am writing to those that know that they were born to win and realize that they were created to live on top. Stop settling for crumbs when you have a limitless capacity for greatness. You are not honoring your potential by playing small. The world does not benefit from you playing it safe. It is time for the overcomer to rise up on the inside of you. Now is the time to slay every giant that has stood in your way. Possess everything that has been promised to you. Overcomers have the stamina to thrive in every round of the fight. Overcomers do not disengage but they develop the disciplines that produce victory!
In closing, I hope you are really getting this message today. I am not telling you something that I heard. I have lived every word that I am sharing with you. I have had to fight for every breakthrough and every victory in my life. I watch people with a passive attitude abort their destinies. You will never possess anything being passive. You have to make up your mind that you are not going to accept defeat for your life. My decision to keep fighting has produced victory in my life. More importantly, the key to my victory has been my willingness to stand no matter how long it takes. I have refused to be moved by what I see or how I feel. That posture has preserved me and propelled me into prophetic destiny. It’s time to awaken the overcomer in you!
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