The Pro-Aging RevolutionSample

Day Two - A Great Attitude

The Pro-Aging Revolution has a patron saint. His name is Caleb. He’s one of my favorite guys in the bible. Caleb was one of the twelve men Moses sent into the land of Canaan to spy out the land; but instead of returning with fear and grumbling, Caleb returned with faith and courage.

The results of what happened that fateful day were devastating. That entire generation of Israelites would spend the next forty years existing in the wilderness when they should have lived out their days in their promised destiny - a land “flowing with milk and honey”. Caleb, on the other hand, was rewarded for his faith with a long, healthy life and a generational reward.

I want you to catch what the Lord said about Caleb - “...because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.” The Lord said Caleb had a “different spirit”. We’re not told exactly what that means, but we can imagine what it was and we know that it was different from most of his peers.

I want to encourage you today to have a “different spirit”. Don’t allow yourself to be taken captive by doubt and don't allow yourself to fall into the trap of complaining, backbiting, negativity, doubt, and grumbling. Choose to have a great attitude. There are many things in life that we don’t get to choose, but we always have the ability to choose our attitude. Choose to be different. Choose faith. Choose to have a heart that is pleasing to the Lord. Choose a great attitude!

Today’s Prayer: “Lord, please forgive me for those times when my attitude is not what it should be. Forgive my complaining and grumbling and help me have a new attitude. Fill me with your Holy Spirit and permeate my mind and my heart with faith. Lord, today I choose, with your help, to have a great attitude and a ‘different spirit’ like Caleb.”