A man elevated is truly about being a man of God. It's a mindset. I know more than a few may think they can't me a "Christian" or "believer" or a man elevated...but you can...when you're ready to do it.
I never grew up going to every Sunday service, every Wednesday for bible study, and whatever revival or special service. As a teenager I had a choice to go to service when my mom did. Sometimes I'd go and other times I wouldn't. I did consider there had to be a higher power though if something created me. I guess it could be called God but I knew it was something. And what made me know there was a God was because I finally had an experience with God. Even after a few experiences I was never ready to be a Christian. I knew his spirit but was not ready to know His full character & principles.
A man elevated is another defined way to be better. It requires a new standard. The bar raises and never falls. We may fall but not the standard. But to be a man elevated is to be a man who is ready...ready to believe when you have every reason not to...ready to hold yourself fully accountable...ready to be honest...ready to own your truth (right or wrong) & speak it...ready to submit to a power higher than you.
Mr. Brian Johnson used a word picture to relate to this topic; working a job. Here is the shorten version. When you are ready and able to work you seek a job and you get that job. You spend everyday fulfilling your job description and hopefully doing a great job. You do a great job because the pay is good, great benefits, and hopefully one day you can retire. When you need more you work more. Some of us work 2 to 3 jobs. Co-workers can get on our nerves but we stay focused on making our dollar and moving up in the company. I could go on and on but I'm sure you get the principle.
Now I ask every man to consider this, when you ready to get that chick (ladies forgive the expression) you do everything possible to get her. Your whole swag changes, it elevates 'cause you are ready to get her. Whether it be a ho or wifey material. You buy flowers, or talk game (game changes depending on which brand of woman you are conversing with), get the car clean, tell the fellas what chick you are about to get (similar to professing about your God), get your hair cut, thinking of the right things to say to get what you want, and whatever else us men do. Even when the chick not trying to hear it we try something else till we get what we want 'cause we ready!! Even when we are ready to get wifey material we become elevated. Everyone knows we are changing from what we use to be because we are more defined, controlled, thoughtful, mature, & so on.
The examples I explain are the same principles of building a sure relationship with God to become a man elevated. But the key to your confused lock on your mind is to be ready. Stop over thinking and making reasons to fit to why you can't be a man elevated but reasons of why you CAN be a man elevated.
Everything we exist in today was based off of God's principles, man just changed it to fit what want; us humans do that.
If you believe in yourself you are really saying you believe in God. If you love your family and ya homies you really love God, just cut out all the man made stuff, violence, hatred, and what's left; peace and love.
But only when you're ready. When you are ready to do it you will become a man elevated.
(Listen to "My Experience": www.soundcloud.com/jastin-artis/my-experience)
- Peace & Love
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