Who or what has your mind today? You may have never asked this question but it is a very important one. Who or what has your thoughts? If you are constantly thinking about your finances then your bank account and bills have your mind today. If you are constantly lusting after a co-worker then lust has your mind today. If you find yourself often wondering whether or not you have email and who has posted since your last peek at Facebook then the internet has your mind. It is very important for all of us to be aware of where our mind is because actions and words are soon to follow the place our mind is camped.
I have often talked with men who have had extra marital affairs and inevitably the cause of the affair, for the Christian men who make this mistake, is never a momentary lapse in judgement but rather a series of lapses due to an impure thought process. A man will lust for a woman and begin to imagine what it would be like to be with her. Once this process begins the mind goes to work creating the opportunity for the thoughts to become a reality. Sin begins in the heart...and mind.
Pray and ask God to show you what has your heart. If it be anything other than Him then there is confession to be made and a new way of living to be had! Start today! God will lead you to a new life free from sin and its consequences!
"Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!" -- Psalm 139:23-24
James
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