Philippians 4:8 says, "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"
This past Sunday my pastor preached a message on keeping our F.O.C.U.S. The letter that stood out to me was O-organizing your thoughts. This time of the year can be difficult. Depression and anxiety weigh in. Stress from the need to meet deadlines on the job. Trying to do it all for our families and friends. Bills and more bills. Life happens. Your mind can begin to focus on your circumstances and get into a rut of negative thinking.
Today's verse reminds us how to organize our thoughts and re-focus them on God. The same God who is able to handle all. It teaches us to think on what is true. The truth is that God loves us (John 3:16/ Jeremiah 31:3). To think on things that are noble. Set your affections on things above and not on things on this earth (Colossians 3:2). Think on things that are pure. Think on things that are lovely like the beauty of God's creation and the love of a child. We train our minds to see the good and excellent things. Things that are worthy of praise.
If we are committing our mind to those things we stay away from thoughts of despair and hopelessness. We focus on the goodness of God and all the ways He has come through for us time and time again. We keep our minds on the truth rather than the lies of the enemy. We stay stay strong through Christ Jesus.
Lord, life can be a struggle, but help us not to lose our focus. Help us to free ourselves from those things that would entangle us. Help us to organize our thoughts. Help us to commit to prayer because it is our communication with You our Savior. Let us unite to your body, being freshly anointed with Your Spirt and going deeper in relationship with You. And Lord lets serve You with our whole heart. Keep us focused. In Jesus name. Amen
Focus and refocus as often as necessary. I’ve found that if I ask myself, “ what is this thought or behavior feeding?” I can move back to center on Christ. So very important.
ReplyDeleteAmen. I struggle with the same thing! Thanks for the reminder
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday! It’s been a while since I’ve been here! God always knows when to send me back. He is an on time God and this meditation was very much needed! Thank you for your obedience! Keep pressing my sister! Rae Rice 💞
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