Well, I had abandoned this blog for a while because I went to work for the FOX affiliate in Nashville. They frown on the posting of your news stories or publishing anything relating to your job. Well, I am now leaving news and going to work for financial guy Dave Ramsey as a video specialist on his in-house production team. So let the blogging begin :-)

The following is a revelation I had today. The info is Biblically based... and the concept just works.

Romans 4:17 (New International Version)

As it is written: " 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were."

Calling things that are not as though they were. I have read this many times over the years as a Christian. I never fully realized, however, the sheer enabling power in this one simple statement. As a Christian, I am called to be more Christ-like… but I have not always applied the statement above to my life.

God gave us this statement as an example of how we should run our lives. Abraham became the father of many nations even though it seemed impossible. God, on the other hand, knew from the beginning the outcome.

The simple act of “calling things that are not as though they were” is God’s way of giving us the ability to overcome all obstacles that block our path. Following this advice WILL open up a new path… even a better one.

F.W. Woolworth, Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, and many others all followed this principle. They knew what they would accomplish before it existed. They did not become successful after they built their empires, they became successful the moment they called their future into existence. They “called those things that are not as though they were!”

This is not about riches; this is about success and achieving your dreams. The society we live in today is geared toward failure. Many people want the government to “bail them out.” True success, however, lies in your God given ability to “call things that are not as though they were.” We can’t expect others to pull us out of trouble or failure…. We need to use our minds and see the success hidden in the failure. We were designed as creatures of great ability! We were designed in the image of God! Yet society today says that we need everything to be done for us. "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country” is no longer the American way. Many American today are asking “What can my country do for me?”

The answer to our problems… be it lack of success, sickness, or any number of things could be cured just by following God’s example with Abraham. Call those things that are not as though they were. You will be successful because that is just how it is, you will not be sick because you already know you are healthy, you WILL see your dreams come to pass.

When you know the outcome… you know that your only option is to get there. Call those things that are not as though they were and then you will know the outcome. This simple statement by God gives us a map to our success and dreams. This simple statement ELIMINATES the victim mentality of so many today. This simple statement is a key to achieving the dreams that God has placed in us.

Don’t sit there and wonder why others around you have achieved great things any you have not… don’t fall in to a trap of jealousy… don’t wait for someone to hand you success… Just “call things that are not as though they were” and you will see your desire come to pass.

In His Grip,
Cam