"I can do it" - it's not a feeling, it's a choice

​We will approach this day one of two ways.

We will either go at it believing "I can do it" - or - we'll believe the opposite. That we can't...

I hear people say all the time, "I think they've lost confidence." Well, I don't think people lose confidence, I think they just no longer choose confidence.

I get it. Confidence can be a hard choice. You miss 10 free throws in a row and it's hard to imagine number 11 is going in. You fail to reach the finish line of a race a couple of times and the finish line suddenly feels invisible.

But it's not invisible. It's still there. And reaching it won't happen when you can suddenly feel the finish line, it will happen when you choose to go see that finish line.

Our minds are powerful. If we start believing I can't do it, our minds will spend all day singing that song with us. Until we have a whole stinking chorus in our heads singing 'you can't do it.' And then the whole world joins in until the only thing we hear is 'you can't do it.'

But when you choose I can do it, the mind becomes your hostage. You refuse to leave it to its own devices until you know your mind believes you. And then you start getting pretty picky about the people you have in your life.

Steven Furtick says, "there is nothing like people who believe in you when there is nothing to see to prove what they believe."

I think these are people who sense when you are 'losing your confidence.' These are the people who pull you aside and say, oh heck no, you're going to keep choosing confidence.

You're going to keep choosing "I can do it."

If you are starting this day wondering if you can do it or not, you are not wrestling with a lack of confidence - you are not wrestling with a negative feeling or emotion - you are simply tempted to make a bad choice.

You are tempted to choose "I can't do it."

Let me start your day by reminding you - yes you can. I'm choosing to be confident in you. Choose confidence for yourself.