Now on to our time in HIS word... Today's treasure is found in Psalms 10.4....
....GOD is in NONE of his thoughts....
This passage is one of the Psalmist crying out to God to rectify the seeming injustice of the attitude of the wicked vs the heart of the righteous. In the midst of his cry to God he makes a statement that caused me to stop, and think about my own life.....One of the marks of the wicked is that God does not even enter his thought life or shall we say consideration.
This struck me with a powerful blow. I realized that I understood this. I too wrestle with keeping God in my thoughts. How about you? DO you also struggle with maintaining righteous thoughts and considerations? It is sooooo easy to do isn't it? SO much is going on in our world, so much is happening in our lives that competes with Him, His word and His way.
First let me say, that this IS common to all mankind. Those who have recognized this struggle in their own life should rejoice that their personal struggle is NOT a sign of some grievous defect in the spiritual walk, but rather a common battle that each and every believer in Jesus Christ wages with his or her own flesh. I find comfort in that. When Paul identifies that in Romans 7, he is not justifying this struggle just marking it as normal in the process of walking through life.
Second, this daily struggle to keep God in the forefront of our thoughts, though it is common it does not have to be the norm! We can have a say in the matter. We have been given all the tools necessary to win the victory each and every day. Now this doesn't mean life without struggles just victory over them as they come! We have His Holy Spirit in us and His word to guide us. We can keep Him in all our thoughts!!!
Thirdly, the secret of this is found in a very simple yet profound truth. As a man thinks in his heart so is he.... Wow, what we spend our time thinking about we ultimately become. So when we read in scripture that the wicked have no thoughts of God in them, what are we to surmise? They never put themselves where they we learn about God, hear about God or see God work in their world! Now for us as believers this should challenge us. We of all people should lead the way when it comes to keeping God in all of our thoughts. But what I often find in this pleasure laden society in which we live, we can go a long time without needing HIM! How sad. How tragic.
All that HE has done to bring us to a right relationship with HIM and we neglect the most powerful relationship we will ever have! A friend recently mailed me a beautiful study on the "Inner Sanctum." That place in each of us where only God can tread. This article both blessed me and convicted me regarding my time with God, allowing HIM to stroll through my Inner Sanctum and have HIS way with me. Some thoughts were wrong and needed confession. Others were right and needed to be cultivated (considered more thoroughly, for those non farming types :) ) When we allow God to search, speak, comfort and convict us in the quietness of each and every morning BEFORE we take off on the journey of today.....we will find that HE WILL BE IN ALL OUR THOUGHTS.
Why, because we have invited HIM in early and purposed to meet and allow HIM entrance there! Have you invited HIM in early today? Have you engaged HIM in the quietness of you soul and allowed God to enter the INNER Sanctum of your soul today?
The Bible teaches us that the wicked have no thought of HIM.....What say the righteous!!!! ????
Blessings
Bruce
This struck me with a powerful blow. I realized that I understood this. I too wrestle with keeping God in my thoughts. How about you? DO you also struggle with maintaining righteous thoughts and considerations? It is sooooo easy to do isn't it? SO much is going on in our world, so much is happening in our lives that competes with Him, His word and His way.
First let me say, that this IS common to all mankind. Those who have recognized this struggle in their own life should rejoice that their personal struggle is NOT a sign of some grievous defect in the spiritual walk, but rather a common battle that each and every believer in Jesus Christ wages with his or her own flesh. I find comfort in that. When Paul identifies that in Romans 7, he is not justifying this struggle just marking it as normal in the process of walking through life.
Second, this daily struggle to keep God in the forefront of our thoughts, though it is common it does not have to be the norm! We can have a say in the matter. We have been given all the tools necessary to win the victory each and every day. Now this doesn't mean life without struggles just victory over them as they come! We have His Holy Spirit in us and His word to guide us. We can keep Him in all our thoughts!!!
Thirdly, the secret of this is found in a very simple yet profound truth. As a man thinks in his heart so is he.... Wow, what we spend our time thinking about we ultimately become. So when we read in scripture that the wicked have no thoughts of God in them, what are we to surmise? They never put themselves where they we learn about God, hear about God or see God work in their world! Now for us as believers this should challenge us. We of all people should lead the way when it comes to keeping God in all of our thoughts. But what I often find in this pleasure laden society in which we live, we can go a long time without needing HIM! How sad. How tragic.
All that HE has done to bring us to a right relationship with HIM and we neglect the most powerful relationship we will ever have! A friend recently mailed me a beautiful study on the "Inner Sanctum." That place in each of us where only God can tread. This article both blessed me and convicted me regarding my time with God, allowing HIM to stroll through my Inner Sanctum and have HIS way with me. Some thoughts were wrong and needed confession. Others were right and needed to be cultivated (considered more thoroughly, for those non farming types :) ) When we allow God to search, speak, comfort and convict us in the quietness of each and every morning BEFORE we take off on the journey of today.....we will find that HE WILL BE IN ALL OUR THOUGHTS.
Why, because we have invited HIM in early and purposed to meet and allow HIM entrance there! Have you invited HIM in early today? Have you engaged HIM in the quietness of you soul and allowed God to enter the INNER Sanctum of your soul today?
The Bible teaches us that the wicked have no thought of HIM.....What say the righteous!!!! ????
Blessings
Bruce
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