“Let the words of my
mouth, and the meditation of my heart,
be acceptable in thy
sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14
If you are going to
think like Jesus Christ then what you need to do is…
Repeatedly
eliminate anything unholy from your mindset!
Just curious – in that
last statement was there any word that seemed to stand out to you?
Don’t make me repeat it!
I think you get the
point.
As we talked about
previously – a renewed mind – unlike salvation, is not accomplished in a
moment.
It is a process.
And one of the steps
in that process is to simply change what you think about.
Change what your mind
dwells on.
You sit at your computer
and make a decision.
You can read and view
those things that edify and build up or you can read and view unholy things. (I’ll
leave it at that!)
But don’t be deceived
into thinking that the unholy words, images and thoughts will not leave a
lasting impression.
I have an older
sister who is now the ‘matriarch’ of the family.
The ‘tradition’ of
kissing the little ones and leaving the lipstick impression on their cheek has
fallen to her.
We can always tell
when Amy is around by the ‘impression’ she leaves on the little ones.
So it is with our
mind.
It is left with the ‘impressions’
we make by our reading, viewing and thinking habits.
You cannot fill your
mind with unholy thoughts and expect holy fruit as a result.
Those thoughts must
be eliminated.
Not once, not twice,
not a hundred and one times but as often as they are allowed to enter our
minds.
Are you starting to
understand that this is a process?
Here’s the good news.
You do not need to be
alone in this effort.
Earnestly ask the
Holy Spirit to point out when the ‘…meditations of your heart’ are not pleasing
in His sight.
He is faithful to do
that!
When He does –
eliminate them.
Don’t give unholy
thoughts safe harbor.
Don’t let the
lipstick stick!
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