Chaplain’s Column – You Are Not A Victim of Your
Thoughts
Life has a way of unloading her rubbish on our doorstep! Your husband
works too much. Your wife gripes too much. Your boss expects too much. Your
kids whine too much. The result? Trash. Loads of pessimism, guilt, anxiety—it
all piles up. And what about the Pharisees? They killed Christ in their hearts
before they killed him on the cross.
Today’s thoughts are tomorrow’s actions.
Could that be why Paul writes, “Love…keeps no record of wrongs?” (1 Corinthians
13:5). We do have a choice. Paul says we do when he writes, “We capture every
thought and make it give up and obey Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5). Selfishness, step back! Envy…get lost! You are not a victim of your
thoughts. If today’s thoughts are tomorrow’s actions, what happens when we fill
our minds with thoughts of God’s love? Will standing beneath the downpour of
his grace change the way we feel about others? The answer is….Absolutely!
The moment we place our trust in Jesus, we
become brand-new people. That is the basis for our capacity to think correctly
(that is, to think more like Christ) and therefore make wise decisions in life.
This doesn’t mean we will always think right thoughts, but we now have the
responsibility—and power through the Holy Spirit—to steer our mind in a
heavenly direction.
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