Zig Zigler told the story of a guy who didn't touch a golf club for seven years, and lowered his score by nearly twenty strokes. What was his secret? He had been a prisoner of war who kept himself sane by playing an imaginary round of golf in his mind every day. Each day he played eighteen holes, imaging different weather conditions and different course designs. In meticulous detail he pictured himself hitting each shot flawlessly. After doing this for several years, he finally got a chance to play a round of golf and lowered his score for the mid-nineties to the mid-seventies without ever practicing.
This story reflects the power of the mind to mold our performances. No wonder the Bible says,
Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Romans 8:5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live according to the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Colossians 3: 1-2 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things."
II Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.
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