You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You —Isaiah 26:3
Is your mind stayed on God or is it starved? Starvation of the mind, caused by neglect, is one of the chief sources of exhaustion and weakness in a servant’s life. If you have never used your mind to place yourself before God, begin to do it now. There is no reason to wait for God to come to you. You must turn your thoughts and your eyes away from the face of idols and look to Him and be saved (see Isaiah 45:22 ).
Your mind is the greatest gift God has given you and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him. You should seek to be "bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ . . ." ( 2 Corinthians 10:5 ). This will be one of the greatest assets of your faith when a time of trial comes, because then your faith and the Spirit of God will work together. When you have thoughts and ideas that are worthy of credit to God, learn to compare and associate them with all that happens in nature-the rising and the setting of the sun, the shining of the moon and the stars, and the changing of the seasons. You will begin to see that your thoughts are from God as well, and your mind will no longer be at the mercy of your impulsive thinking, but will always be used in service to God.
"We have sinned with our fathers . . . [and] . . . did not remember . . ." ( Psalm 106:6-7 ). Then prod your memory and wake up immediately. Don’t say to yourself, "But God is not talking to me right now." He ought to be. Remember whose you are and whom you serve. Encourage yourself to remember, and your affection for God will increase tenfold. Your mind will no longer be starved, but will be quick and enthusiastic, and your hope will be inexpressibly bright.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Is Your Mind Stayed on God?
Posted by Darren Lemons at 5:27 PM
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Just think about how great and mighty God is! When you look out especially now as it is snowing in Texas! When you see the snow, when you see the things and creation God has made, you can't really comprehend how God has made all of this, all you now is that He did and he is great and awesome and just amazing. God speaks to us in so many ways throughout our lives, we just have to take time and stop and listen. Stop putting all your thoughts and focus on the things you are doing now, and put your mind on Him. Listen to Him and he will show you the way.
that is so true, all too often we tend to overlook even the most simplistic of God's wonderful creation. The snow is a perfect example of how we can just see His glory in our day-to-day life. Other ideas of things to think about is when the snow fell, i'm sure most people ran outside to make snowmen or just play in this crazy stuff we haven't ever seen in this much abundace, but one small fact that someone brought to my attention when we were having a snowball fight and buidling snowmen, we had just walked outside and he just kinda stood there just admiring the beauty of nature when he said "did you know that no two snowflakes look alike?" pretty much everybody has probably heard this fact before but if you really think about it, how great a God do we have that individually creates us people to worship and glorify him but he evens spends time to make things that please us. What more could you ever ask for?
-Jon Rush
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