Controlling our thoughts

Day LXXIII

Brothers and Sisters with our efforts to do what is right and live a holy life there is a great factor that would define our path. This is the greatest challenge we will face every moment and continually. It is our thoughts, what is in our mind influenced our feelings thus it becomes our behavior, and that behavior leads to action (if in wrong) lead to sin that leads to Death. As the scriptures says:

Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect. 

Friends let us stop and take time to think about it. The secret of becoming someone, or changing our course of way is by renewing our mind with what we wanted to do. Imagine a ship - no matter how big it is it is controlled to move to any direction by a small rudder. Our mind is so powerful that it can be our greatest tool for success or for destruction. If our minds are consumed then we are in trouble. Pray that our mind will always be pure.

How to do it? Again, what is in our mind influenced our feelings thus it becomes our behavior, and that behavior leads to action (if in wrong) lead to sin that leads to Death.  Now if we know this pattern we know where to control it. we can never control sinning because when we are there its too late. we cannot control our actions cause our behavior is uncontrollable on that stage. What we can control is how we THINK, our thoughts manipulate everything.

Let say for example - we got a thought of what to say to a person when he ask you something - then there comes a thought "i can just tell a WHITE lie", from that moment of thinking - change it with RIGHT thought. Supported by what the scriptures says - any type of lie is a lie. And when you see the scripture believe it and DO IT! Change the way you think.

What if you did not, let's see. You convinced yourself that you will tell that white lie cause you might be perceived a bad person if you did not. The person ask you "Did my husband really use that drug?", here comes your answer "I don't know, actually I am not with him". When she confronted her husband the husband says to ask you because he is with you. And that drug is deadly to him because of a complication in his health and so on...

Our thoughts can go a long way, that is why we need to control it while it is there. We cannot control what thoughts will be coming to our minds but WE CAN CONTROL what we would entertain. Renew our minds for the right thoughts that would give us good direction, thoughts that are pure and righteous. And surely it will lead you well.