Most people don’t drive their car with their hands off of the steering wheel, you will wreck if you do. But many people live their life with their attitude being shaped by the culture. Philippians 2:5 says, “have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus”, which means I can choose my attitude. Controlling my attitude requires regular self-examination and then making ajustments by choosing. I regularly say to myself, “I choose to be content with what I have.” It is quite amazing how powerful a statement of conviction made to ourself over and over can shape us. I also say often to myself, “I hunger and thirst for righteousness”, “I hunger and thirst for a closer relationship with God”, “I want more than anything to accomplish more with my life than I have”, “I will put the needs of others above my own”. About a dozen of those kinds of statements regularly and often made to ourself is grabbing the steering wheel of our life and becoming the kind of person we know is pleasing to the Lord.