What'cha Thinking About?

"What'cha thinking about, Joshua?" I asked my eight year old, little boy, as he gazed blankly out the window.

Turning his head toward me, he smiled; focusing back to reality, breaking away from the glazed distant dream world he had just visited.

"I was thinking that when I grew up, I could be a preacher and a police officer." He replied.

"Oh yah, why's that?" I asked.

"Well, that way I could protect people and lead them to Jesus." He said.

"Well son, that's a great idea."  I giggled under my breath and smiled. "No matter what, you simply need to listen to what God tells you to do; you can't go wrong if you listen to Him; He has a plan specifically for you."

A couple minutes passed, when Joshua commented, "Well, looks like I'm suppose to be a preacher."

Again, I laughed. "That's awesome son! Either way, you'll be great at whatever you decide."


Proverbs 23:7 says, "As a man thinks in his heart, so he is."

So, today I ask you, "What'cha thinking about?" "What do you privately meditate about?" "What consumes your thinking?"

Do you focus on what God says about you or give your attention to the accuser of the brethern (the devil)? Do you center your attention on impossibilities or the God of the impossible?

Whatever you think about, will come about.

Matt 12:34 says, "For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." (NIV) So if you constantly contemplate the what ifs of life, worrying and wallowing in hopelessness, eventually you will live in it. BUT, if you train your mind, disciplining it to believe what God has said, you will be unstoppable.

Proverbs 18:21 says, "The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit." (NIV)

Friends, we have been given the mind of Christ. His gift to us is, His very presence. Satan's mission is to destroy us from the inside out; he attempts to paralyze us through the futility of our thinking. If he can convince us we are powerless, we will never step out to fulfill our mission. BUT...we aren't powerless...God has given us all things that pertains to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). So, if we center our hope in Christ...knowing that it's through HIM that ALL things are possible...then victory is inescapable!

I encourage you therefore to take note...guard your mind...evaluate your private thoughts...ask yourself, "What'cha thinking about?" Take every thought captive to Christ and the power of the message and hope of the cross.

PRAYER: Father, thank You for Your Holy Spirit. Thank You that You have given us the mind of Christ. Thank You that it's through You that all things are possible. Help us to focus on what You say about us and not fall prey to the enemy's accusations. We put our hope in YOU! Fill us to overflowing with Your joy, peace, and power. In Jesus name we pray, amen.