You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. Philippians 4:8 NKJV
The key to the perfect peace we all seek is to keep our mind on God. The enemy, therefore, tries to keep us focused elsewhere. If we will but use the check list of Philippians 4:8, our minds will keep a right focus. That’s a huge challenge.
How embarrassed would we be if our minds could be read? Would those we love ,still love us, if they could know the thoughts that sometimes come? We all think we know people who “say what they think.” But even the most outspoken person we know, doesn’t completely dump his thoughts on the world. For most of us, most of the time, our heads are sewers filled with dirty, ugly, base lies, in other words, the opposite of the Philippians 4:8 checklist.
What to do? We have to begin the cleanup, one nasty piece at a time. We have to work to be vigilant about our thinking. The moment we realize we’re off track, we have to turn our thoughts around and “renew our minds.” Once again, the plain speaking NLT is helpful.
New Living Translation (©2007)
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
As with everything else we get in trouble when we try to do it ourselves, when we find our thoughts slipping, we need to pray. It can be, and should be simple. One word will do, “Help.”
Father we desperately seek the peace you promise those who will keep their minds on you. Lord keep my mind on you. Amen
Be single minded and be blessed.
Nick
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