Thought for Today - May 9, 2024
We Become Like What We Think About
By: Robert A. Searles
“The wicked through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God; God is not in all his thoughts.” Psalm 10:4.
Do
we seek after God the very first thing that we do when we awake each
morning? Is God in all our thoughts, or is God in
any of our thoughts?
It is very possible to perform services in the name of God, and to
do good works in the name of God without really giving much
thought to God, and without really seeking the presence and fellowship
with God.
Do we really worship and praise God in the spirit? Do we worship God in the beauty of his holiness, are we truly in love
with God, or are we just in love with the idea of appearing Godly?
Young
people reach an age when they think that all that matters is being in
love with members of the opposite sex. Psychiatrist
will tell you that most of the time, they are not in love with any one
person, but they are in love with the idea of love, because it seems
to be the in thing to do. This is why it is dangerous for young people
to get deeply involved with this sort of thing until they get older,
but this is just an example of what can happen to us as Christians.
We
can become so involved in the idea of serving God, and being
all wrapped up in activities, and going to church, and we can get so
busy doing things, that we might forget to seek God, and exclude
him from any or all of our thoughts.
If we are to worship God properly, the way that God wants us to
worship him in the beauty of holiness, we must worship him in
spirit and in truth. God must be predominant in all our thoughts.
What
does it mean for God to be predominant in all our thoughts?
It means that when we awake from sleep, our first thought will cause
us to consciously fix our mind upon the Lord Jesus Christ and
God the Father, and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and that by
the process of our will, we choose to keep our mind fixed upon
God all during our working hours. Every thought that comes into our
mind during the course of the day will be in subjection to him.
This is what it means to keep our mind and hearts stayed on him
“Thou will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee.” Isaiah 26: 3
We
are, and will become what we think. We can choose what we think;
therefore, it is up to us really what we are, and what we will
become, because by the process of our conscious will we choose the
things that we think about. If the predominate thought in our mind is
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and the beauty of his holiness, then we will,
more and more each day grow into his image and likeness.
Proverbs 23: 7 tells us that : “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
Again, we are and become what we think about.
“Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that
ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God.” Romans 12: 2.
Our
power with God, and our blessings from God are directly related to
our prayer life. What is prayer? Prayer is the verbal expression
of the thoughts of our heart. In prayer, our lips express the thoughts
of our mind. It is in the mind that we must worship God in spirit, and
it
is in our mind that we must pray. Our power and blessing from God
comes through praying without ceasing.
1 Thes 5:17 tells us to “pray without ceasing”
How can we pray without ceasing? We pray without ceasing by thinking, without ceasing, of the Lord Jesus Christ.
“In all thy ways acknowledge him and he will direct thy paths” Proverbs 3:6
“Finally
brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever
things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any
praise, think on these things.” Phil 4:8.
We are and become what we keep our minds fixed upon,
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