"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." Philippians 4:8
Guys, will most likely not understand what I'm about to say, but for those ladies out there I know you can relate. For some time now, God has been trying to get me to surrender my thoughts to him. Not just any thoughts, but those relating to guys. Ladies, you know what I'm talking about. You know when you see a guy walking down the street and think, "Maybe God will speak to him and he'll talk to me and we'll get married" Ridiculous I know, but so many of us have been there. Over time God has helped me to not wonder if every guy I meet is my future husband, but I still spend far too much time thinking about it. I have simply been lying to myself, why? Who knows. Nothing good has ever come from daydreaming and dwelling on any particular guy, none! And yet I still do it. What actually happens as a result is I become overly emotional and jealous and start depending on that person for my happiness. Such terrible things! But just like any other sin it is quite alluring despite these unwanted consequences. However, I have made up my mind once and for all to stop. And to stop means all out war, mostly with myself. It's not going to be easy, I know because I have tried many times before. This time I am finally fed up. I'm missing out on all that God has for me because I refused to surrender on this point. Ladies, you know how much time this takes out of our time with God, how emotional it makes us, and how it can rob us of the joy and peace Christ has to offer us. We cause ourselves to suffer for no reason at all. Instead let us put our focus back on Christ, and Christ only. Again, I have no doubt this will be difficult. Already today, I've had to repeatedly (and I mean repeatedly) tell myself "take every thought captive." For 21 years I've let myself think in this manner, so it's going to take some time. But mostly, it's going to take self-control (which comes from God) and hard work, lots of it. Maybe, some disagree with me about this being a sin, but hopefully we can agree, that anything that distracts us from the Lord is not something we should continue doing. "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." Philippians 4:8
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What I write AboutMy posts are all about the Christian walk in some way or another. I do my best to make what I post worth reading, thus there are many more things that I write about but do not post. Some of my posts are my reflections on scripture or a quote, other posts are simply my testimony, and others still are letters of encouragement. I hope that you will be encouraged or challenged in your walk with Christ as a result. God Bless you, my friend.
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