Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Posted on Mar 13, 2019 in Devotions |

 
 
 
 
 
 
Devotional for Wednesday, March 13, 2019
“Don’t Believe Every Thing You Think”
 
 
 
by Dona Hake
 
“Don’t believe everything you think.”
 
Once I heard someone make this statement, and I thought it to be simple yet profound.  Of course we all have the right to our own thoughts and opinions but they may not be worthy of believing or speaking, nor should anyone need to hear them.  If we do not keep ourselves humble, we can think that all that goes on between our ears is right.  If we do not keep our thoughts in check with what the Word of God says, it will not be long that our thoughts become opinions or actions that could cause us some big trouble.  We can come to believe that these wrong thoughts are the right way when in fact our Lord does not bless our wrong thoughts.  God will never permit us to set our own standards to live by for that is foolish pride, and the Word plainly states that He resists the proud man or woman.   Sadly, this is the very thing that the devil is watching for that he may devour and eat up, devour and destroy the life of a Believer.
 

We would keep ourselves guarded well  if we would vow to live by what the Word says about maintaining our thought realm.   In 2 Corinthians, Paul said if your thoughts exalt themselves against the knowledge of God…get rid of them!  Such words are not worthy to keep residence in our mind and we clearly cannot trust them nor believe them.

 

2 Corinthians 10:5 (ERV)
“…and we tear down every proud idea that raises

itself against the knowledge of God. We also capture

every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.”
 

The secret to tearing down proud ideas and thoughts that are bad are KNOWING what God’s Word says, and what it says about our situation.  As we stay full of His Word we can look  to the Lord, and ask Him to help us to rightly discern our thoughts.  Let us keep in mind that when we encounter tough situations that the voice of our emotions, hurt, or whatever can speak so loudly, therefore deceiving us.  Those wrong thoughts that are not worthy of residing in our mind will quickly leave as we replace those  thoughts with His.

 

 This all reminds me of how it is so vitally important that we be in close fellowship   with Jesus, and know that we are totally immersed in His Word and His peace.  The mind that is full of His Word and peace is the guarded mind.  It is the saturated mind that will quickly reject anything that raises itself against the knowledge of God’s Word.

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