“It’s a 1 percent change that makes a 99 percent difference.”

A thought by Mark Batterson, (2015-10-06) from his book, If: Trading Your If Only Regrets for God's What If Possibilities (Kindle Location 346). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

I know, so many of us hate to change. We don’t like it and we won’t do it. But what if a little bit of change would make a major difference in your life? What if? Would you do it?

Mark says, “The concept of leverage has been, well, leveraged in a thousand ways. But let me zero in on systems thinking. In any system, a leverage point is the place in a system’s structure where a solution element can be applied. A high leverage point is a place where a small amount of change force can cause a large change in the system’s behavior. It’s a 1 percent change that makes a 99 percent difference.”

And that can be true in our lives too.

Mark says, “There is no higher leverage point than the two-letter word if. It defines our deepest regrets: if only. It defies impossible circumstances: as if. It’s pregnant with infinite possibilities: what if. And it overcomes all refutations: no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Biblically speaking, if is the conditional conjunction that turns God’s eternal promises into our present realities. Each of those promises is a high leverage point, but perhaps no promise in the Bible has more leverage than Romans 8: 31: If God is for us, who can be against us? That one little if can change your life!”

It is true. Have you found it true yet in your life?

Mark continues, “That one little if can change your life! If God is for you, it doesn’t matter what comes against you. And it doesn’t matter what comes against you, if God is for you. No weapon formed against you will prosper. He that is in us is greater than he that is in the world. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.”

So will you put your trust in him today?

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