Is It Time To Inspect Your Filter?

"Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.”

Philippians 4:8-9

 

 

One item that we all benefit from but likely seldom think about is filters.

Maybe you enjoy that first cup of coffee in the morning that has been passed through a filter while in the process of making it.

Maybe you take for granted the furnace filter that works silently but effectively in reducing contaminates in the air you are breathing.

Try running your automobile with a filthy air or fuel filter and you will experience many problems with your engine.

At a minimum it won’t be operating at peak efficiency.

Do you want to operate at peak efficiency for God?

You do?

Good, then let me ask you another question.

How’s your filter?

“What filter”; you ask?

The filter for your thoughts.

Maybe you have been using a filter that is not working.

Perhaps it is letting too much of the garbage in!

What is right for your furnace is not adequate for filtering the air in a hospital operating room.

What is right for someone who is content to be a “good” person is not adequate for the person who wants to please God.

So what is the filter made of?

Look back at the text for today – things noble, good, beautiful, things to praise, etc…

Is it time to inspect your filter?