Your attitude is a product of your thought life. People can see how you think when they observe your attitude. If we have a positive attitude, we will have a good life regardless of our circumstances; if we have a negative attitude, we will not enjoy life, no matter how good it is.

Your attitude belongs to you, and nobody can make you have a bad one if you don’t want to. Likewise, no one can make you have a good one if you don’t want to. It is easy to have a good attitude when everything is going our way, but it is important to learn as Paul did, how to be content, whether we are abased or abounding.(Philippians 4:11-12). If the devil knows he can manipulate our attitude with circumstances, he will do so, and our emotions will always be up and down like a yo-yo.

The mental posture you take toward unpleasant circumstances determines whether or not you can enjoy your life while God is solving your problems. You don’t have to be miserable because you have a problem. As a matter of fact, as Christians, we are privileged to have the joy of the Lord and the peace that passes understanding regardless of our circumstances. Decide right now that you will have an “up” attitude so you can have an above-average life.

Let this same attitude and purpose and mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:5