Today's Journey
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Jul ,06 , 2012
"Or he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat
and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you." Proverbs 23:7
I
don’t know about you, but some nights I can’t shut down my mind—it
races back through the day, scanning my mental hard drive, opening
conversation files, viewing jpegs of people’s faces I’ve encountered,
and revisiting deleted messages—some good, some bad. Our minds are like a
Pentium processor, a powerful piece of technology. In fact, according
to God, how you think is really what makes you, you.
One wise king wrote: “As [a person] thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7 NKJV).What
you think about is a wide-open window to what you really believe, trust
in, worry about, and even worship. And not everybody has programmed
their minds to think alike. Some think truth is relative. Which means
that for them there are no absolute truths, so whatever works is just
fine—nothing is ever always right or always wrong. Others think that
there is no real truth and that truth comes in many shapes and colors.
That’s pluralism—many truths exist, and as long as you don’t make me
choke on your truth, I won’t force you to swallow mine.
If
there is no truth and there are no absolutes, then everybody can do
whatever they want to do—welcome to the party with no rules! But you and
I know that, ultimately, thoughts managed by relativistic, pluralistic
software lead to a zigzagging, crazy, self-seeking, dead-end life where
everybody loses, including you.
Thankfully you don’t need to
settle for software that doesn’t deliver what it promised. Jesus said,
“I am the way and the truth and the life” (John 14:6).
How solid is that? That takes the punch out of both lines of thinking.
Here’s the deal: What you think about you, God, the world, your
spirituality or lack of it, sex, gay marriage, religion, or anything
else, really makes you who you are. Jesus simply says, “When you’re
ready to think like God thinks about all of life, download my Word—I am
the way and the truth.”
It’s time to reboot! Install the truth of
God’s Word onto the hard drive of your mind. He’ll scan the files of
your thoughts, motives, and attitudes and make them completely new. As
Paul said, “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind!” (Romans 12:2)
And
in case you’re still not convinced, remember that God has warned us,
“There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to
death” (Proverbs 16:25).
Just because it seems right, doesn’t make it right. Check every thought
by the truth that Jesus offers, and when in doubt search His Word.
YOUR JOURNEY…
- Take a few minutes to think about what occupies your thoughts on most days. Make some notes, and see what you discover.
- Read Psalm 139:1-24, a prayer of David that invites God to search the hard drive of your heart. Spend some time praying about what God points out to you.
- Why do you think your thought life is so important to God?
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