The verse for this week is something that God has really been putting on my heart lately. It's one of those verses that we all know and can recognize, but because of that it can also be one that we glance over because we have heard it so many times.
Philippians 4:8 ~ "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things."
I struggle a lot with letting Satan control my thoughts. It can be so easy to let him in without even realizing it. For a long time I fought with my thoughts, never realizing that Satan was feeding every one to me with a smile. I struggled with not only putting myself down by using my thoughts, but putting others down as well. Pretty soon I caught on to his little game and grew to love this verse.
I'm just setting myself up for disaster when I tell myself things like, "It's your own fault things ended up this way," or, "Of course he was just leading you on by saying that, because he's never going to keep his word, and you're not really good enough." So I have to ask myself: Is any of that true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy? Because if it doesn't fit into any of those categories, then I need to give it to God and tell the devil to get lost!
Besides, I'm not only damaging myself by doing this, I'm also damaging my relationship with others by assigning to them whatever bad thought I have for them in that moment. And that's just plain not fair! So try to catch yourself whenever you go down the path that brings self pity or damaging thoughts, and recite this verse to yourself. From personal experience, it does help!
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