Consuming Thoughts
For the last 5 days my mind has been consumed with the circumstances of everything that has taken place in our State, Country, and World. And in all transparency, I hate it. I hate that my thoughts have been consumed with things that I typically do not think about or dwell on. The last 5 days I have frustrated myself with allowing my thoughts to be consumed with things that, in the light of eternity, do not matter. But instead, how I react, how I portray the love of Christ, how I live out His commands to live a life reflecting Him DOES matter, and that begins with my thoughts.
In everything, I need to remember WHO I represent. There is only ONE person that matters in how I live my life and react to the circumstances around me, and that is God alone. How I represent Him, MATTERS. How I live my life for HIM, matters. How I choose to speak to anyone MATTERS. How I choose to speak about anyone matters.
Psalm 19:14 says:
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 is my prayer. That the words that exit my mouth would reflect the meditation of my heart that is focused on Him. It is 100% a choice on what I choose to allow to consume my heart and mind. I can allow the things of this world to consume me OR I can allow the things of eternal value to consume me. It’s up to me to CHOOSE what I will allow to enter into my mind, heart, and soul.
While reflecting on the last 5 days, these two verses came to mind:
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:5Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2
I cannot control the circumstances around me. Even what I CAN control is even smaller than what I think. The only thing I can fully control, which honestly is a daily battle in and of itself, is myself. I can choose how I will act, live, speak, devote my time to… THAT is what I can control. I can choose to allow the circumstances of this world to flood my heart, mind, and life… OR I can allow God’s word to penetrate every fiber of my being and live a life fully and wholly devoted to Him and His Word. The choice is mine, and I choose to be consumed by God and His Word and not the world.
