The best possible remedy is to bring our thoughts under the control of Christ. Uncontrolled thoughts will reap a terrible reward unless we do something about the way we think. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak” (Mark 14:38). This is why the Lord Jesus tells us to fill our minds with thoughts of God, “Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed” (James 1:14). The devil may tempt us but we can only be ensnared if we contemplate his lies. The “thoughts” we refer to here are the many temptations that seek to sink us in the mire of unbelief. Believers who fill their minds with sinful things will be dominated by them and will not find the joy of truly serving God the way He intended, “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8). Jesus said, “A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things” (Matthew 12:35). When we get saved the Lord gives us a heart transplant and washes our minds.Ī person who is not born again, no matter how commendable his actions, will never be more than the sum of his thoughts. ![]() Which reveals that our thoughts determine who and what we are. What God commands are far from his thoughts, “The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts” (Psalm 10:4). The person who does not honour God is likely to “think of himself more highly than he ought to think” (Romans 12:3). The mind of man does not naturally turn towards God, instead it is both deceitful and wicked, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9). “The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat” (Proverbs 13:4) … “The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness but of every one that is hasty only to want” (Proverbs 21:5). Thoughtlessness and the lack of diligence will produce nothing worthwhile in a person’s life, but the opposite will have their own blessings. This suggests that an untidy person is a scatterbrain. It has been said, “An untidy car, an untidy mind”. The sad fact is that few are diligent in their daily lives. Solomon uses the words “all diligence” to express the extreme care we ought to take concerning our thoughts. As Christians, if we want to keep our hearts, then we must only allow our minds to think on that which promotes godliness, righteousness and faith. So our thoughts can only be the sum of what we allow into our minds, which means that, as Solomon states, we are what we think. “Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things” (Philippians 4:8). ![]() ![]() The believer has a renewed spirit and has the ability to think beyond the natural. Everyone has a mind, but not everyone is wise. Everyone has a brain, but not everyone uses it for good. How we act and react is directly related to the way we think. Our thoughts can be on the everyday things of life such as food, shelter and clothes, but sometimes dilemmas come along which require our thoughtful consideration. We think about many things throughout the day. ![]() It is our thoughts, ideas and dreams that either make or break us. In reality our thoughts are more costly than a mere penny, for Solomon said, “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). “A penny for your thought.” This phrase is often said to those who seem to be lost in their thoughts. “Keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23).
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