Words

Psalm 19 says "may the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing to You, O God." In Ephesians 4:29 Paul exhorts us to let every word that proceeds from our mouths be words that edify.

Have you ever noticed how much we complain every day? We are a society of whiners. I am so guilty of this. I expect good service at a restaurant. I expect people to follow through on their word. I expect...I expect...I expect. Whether we say anything out loud since we are not supposed to complain about one person's action to another person...that is except that person that gave us the offense in the first place, we think it.

I find it far easier to do the first part of Psalm 19 and Ephesian 4:29 than the last part of Psalm 19. Meditation. What do I meditate on?

Philippians 4:8 tells us what our minds should be fixed on...whatever is pure, lovely, of good repute...let your mind dwell on these things. Isaiah 26:3 tells us that we can have perfect peace if our mind is on Him.

So why is it that we struggle so much with this? I submit to you that it all comes back to the ninth part of the fruit of the Spirit...self-control. We don't practice taking the thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. So instead of us controlling our thoughts or meditations, they control us.

Yet, 1st John 5:4 says that we are over comers. That is the good news. We can overcome! We have the Holy Spirit inside of us that is ready and willing to get our thoughts in line with Scripture. It is a matter of the will of our mentality.

So for me...it comes down to choice. Do I want to live in the mire of negative meditations or soar with eagles on the purity of God? Ahhhh choice...don't you love it?

Think about it.

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