Building a Sound Mind

“Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds;

tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.”

Deuteronomy 11:18

 

The quality of materials used to construct a home will have a direct

impact on the finished product.

The fairy tale of “The Three Little Pigs” certainly teaches this at a young age.

The big bad wolf could easily huff and puff and blow down the house

made of straw and the house made of wood.

He was not so successful with the house made of brick.

So what raw material is best suited to building a sound mind for the Christ follower?

What is the ‘mortar and bricks’ that produce a thought life that honors God?

The enemy of our souls, the devil, is far more evil than any fairy tale big bad wolf.

And he is far more real too.

He understands that many a battle with temptation and sin is fought in our mind long before we commit any act that is not pleasing to the Lord.  

The essential raw material to fortify our mind is the Word of God.

Read it.

Meditate on it.

Memorize it.

Obey it.

Learn from the example of Christ.

Tempted in the wilderness, His weapon of choice against the devil was the Word.

We might try our own wisdom but if we do we find it is as weak as a straw house.   

Have you fortified your mind this week with God’s Word?

What are you waiting for?

You can build with inferior products.

You will get inferior results!

Build a sound mind on the best resource available…the Word of God!