Keep Your Mind on Christ

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY

 

Isaiah 26:3

(Amplified Bible)

 

You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.       

 

(KJV)

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

 

We have all heard someone say, "The mind is a terrible thing to waste."  But have you really stopped to think of what you use your mind to think and take in on a daily basis? We think of many things. We ponder, we worry, we contemplate. But what do those things accomplish? The scripture for today assures us that if we keep our minds stayed on God, He would keep us in perfect peace. How can we keep our minds on God in such a busy complex world? Well beloved, it starts with a relationship with Him. How do we get a relationship with Him? We first need to be saved. (John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

(Romans 10:9, 10 & 13) 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

It's as easy as that. Next, we need to spend time with God. We do this by praying. Simply taking time to talk to God. Then we continue by reading God's Word and meditating. To simply put it as with any relationship, to grow in the relationship you must spend time with one another. All through the day you conciously make a decision to think about Jesus. To think of His goodness, to thank Him for His mery and benefits. Keep your mind on God and Godly things. When you do this it makes it easier for you to stop worrying and start trusting in God. In the morning before you leave home pray and ask God to help you keep your mind on Him throughout the day. Declare and decree that you will lean on God- that you will put your trust in Him. I pray that you, my friend, will be in perfect peace today as you keep your mind on Jesus.