Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Getting The Mind Right
As believers we are faced with a reality everyday. There is one God. We are not Him. That said, we will fall short of being perfect, although we strive to be. What can we do, as believers, to move in the direction of perfection, the direction of doing things right more often than we do today? One thing that helps is getting our mind right. Perhaps you are thinking that getting our mind right is more easily said than done. Well, it is work, but it is doable. We know this from scriptures, we know that we need not fear the inability to control our thoughts.
1 Timothy 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
The next comes to us from both Paul and Moses (Paul quoted Moses).
Dueteronomy 30:9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
We can interrupt the thoughts in our mind by with the words coming out of our mouth. If we will speak the truth of the scriptures to ourselves, then those truths will become our thoughts.
It may not seem easy, but with the help of our Father, we can get our mind right.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. We love Your kingdom and rule. Bless the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming blessing of provision such that we cannot contain it. Forgive us our sins. Heal us up inside. Deliver us from the thief that has stolen from us and continues to steal. Remove the scales from our eyes that we might see clearly how we are slaves, and take action to be free. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.