A lot of people today are weak-willed. They seem to struggle to follow through and do what they intend to do. They hardly ever live beyond their good intentions. At the root this behaviour is often mental passivity. Most dictionaries will describe passivity as one of or a combination of the trait of remaining inactive, a lack of initiative, passiveness, inertia, inactiveness, inactivity – a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work", spiritlessness, numbness, apathy, indifference - the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally, torpor, listlessness, torpidity - inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigour or energy. In order to be people that live beyond good intentions we need to deal with passivity in our lives. Passivity is the acceptance of what happens to you without any reaction or response. Many people are entrenched in a worldview of fatalism which asserts that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them. This mindset breeds passivity.
I believe that passivity begins in the mind. We are essentially dealing with mental passivity. The enemy has besieged the minds of many believers. The Devil has limited access to our human spirits but entices our minds to passivity. The result is that believers end up living like they have not been saved. In essence, they become fruitless and useless. Your mind is a powerful gate that impacts the quality of your will and your emotions. These in turn influence the theme of this series; getting things done.
