In Chapter 7 Think about what you're Thinking about, it talks about how we should spend our time meditating on God's word. The more time we spend meditating on the word, the more we will reap from the word. Mark 4:24 says that we should consider carefully what we hear. With the measure you use it, it will be measured to you and even more. This scripture is saying that whatever we put in to God's word that's what we will get out of it. Our flesh is lazy but we must endure and put our flesh under subjection and meditate on his word. We NEED the word of God and prayer to get us through this Christian walk. Let me be the first to say that it's not easy and some days I'm on fire for God and I'm being consistent in reading my Bible and Praying and other days I don't. I don't want to be like that. I want to give God what's due to him. A LOT of the time my mind would wonder and think about all sorts of stuff and would began to think negative about my life and I know now after reading Chapter 7 as to why that would happen. It would be because I was thinking negative thoughts instead of thinking on the Word of God. I would allow satan to control my mind and I wouldn't totally give it to God.
Change your thinking and realize that the reason we go through a lot is because we don't think the right things. If we think negative things, things will be negative, if we think positive things, things will be positive. Sometimes our minds can be a mess and we'll be thinking about stuff that doesn't even make sense. We'll dwell on it and allow that thing we're thinking about to mess up our whole day. We must line our thinking up to God's word. God's word will get us through tough times and let me tell you its not easy. I get so upset at times and I don't want to pray or meditate on God's word, I just want to curse some people out and be mad but that's not what God's word would have us to do. He wants us to love and believe that he will get us through (Trust Him).
In Psalms 143: 4-5 Talks about how David was depressed but he started to dwell on the works of God's hand. He didn't focus on the problem and he didn't allow people to mess up his day but he meditated on God and he overcame depression. Joyce Meyer said it best..... Satan knows what makes us happy and what makes us miserable. When a person is full of wrong thoughts he is miserable. He (satan) wants us to think that what's going on around us is what's making us unhappy but its really what's going on inside us (our thoughts) that's making us miserable. Meaning if we change the way we think (even when its the hardest thing to do sometimes) our day will brighten up just because we changed our thoughts.
I remember sometimes the more I thought about stuff other than what God would have me dwell on I would get more upset and more depressed. Its amazing what our minds will do to us. So, Think about what you're thinking about and you may be able to locate some of your problems and be on your way to freedom very quickly because God doesn't want our minds in bondage but he wants us to live, think, and breathe free in him. I really needed this because for the last couple of days I've been getting down about somethings marriage, motherhood, and life but God showed me through Chapter 7 that I need to change my thoughts and give it to him, all of my cares I need to give it to him and allow him to fix it because me thinking about won't change anything but me praying about it and casting my cares upon him will change the situation around me. I want to be in such peace and on one accord with God's word that whatever is happening around me I will not let it affect my day and my mood.
Psalms 55:22 -Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Make today and everyday a great day. God Bless