What's On Your Mind?

Everyday our minds are bombarding with thoughts. We think about family issues, our work environment and even church. Today I wanted to hit on the latter part of a familiar verse in the book of 2 Timothy that deals with the mind.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind, 2 Timothy 1:7.  Fear is a heavy topic but we’re not going to deal with that just yet. We witness through Scripture that God gives us a sound mind to combat fear (actually He gives us three things to fight fear; power, love and a sound mind). What is it like to possess a sound mind? Well, I’m glad you asked.

A sound mind is a mind that does not waiver, it does not doubt, and it does not ask “how long Lord” because it knows our time is not like God’s time. A sound mind operates in exceptional faith in spite of circumstances, it thinks victoriously because it knows there’s no failure in God and all of His promises are yea and amen, and a sound mind also walks in expectation of miracles because it knows God is still able to perform them.

Are your thoughts consumed with the issues of the day to the degree where you have no room to meditate and spend quiet time with God? Do you constantly think and speak negatively and have no or very little patience? We all must take on the mind of Christ so we can think and know that we’re at the end of our situation even when our circumstances say we’re just beginning. Look through eyes of faith and think with a sound mind and begin to see yourself where you want to be, not where you are now.

What’s on your mind today?

Your thoughts?