Time and time again, I have experienced how
my thoughts have become my attitudes and subsequently my actions. With a great deal of frustration I tried to
figure out how to re-wire my thoughts to achieve a different outcome – a change
of attitude. Instead, my mind was wound up tighter than a spool of thread.
Despite praying the truth of God’s word and asserting his promises for my
(thought) life, I struggled to renew my mind and transformation from fear,
anxiety and worry was impossible. I was bound by these thoughts – a captive of
my own mind!
The first sign of freedom came when I stopped
trying to control my thoughts. Rather than exerting myself in resisting my
thoughts and their outcomes I chose to surrender to the renewing of my mind. By letting God transform me into a new
person by changing the way I think. Then I learned to know God’s will for me,
which is good and pleasing and perfect. (Romans 12:2)
Instead of seeing an overwhelming tangled
spool of thoughts I began to visualize a stop sign when an unwelcome thought
entered my mind. With practice and meditation, I could actively and consciously
take captive undesired thoughts and redirect and renew them by praising God and
thanking him for his good, pleasing and perfect will for my life. In as much as
we can have over 67,000 thoughts per day, we cannot entertain two thoughts
simultaneously therefore as I surrender to the renewing of my mind, I choose to
pray God’s truth and assert His promises giving my mind a S.P.A. (Surrender-Pray-Assert)
experience!
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