You know those weeks where a certain theme just keeps coming up in your devotions and in everyday life. Well, thats been happening this week.
Monday I was really convicted by a devotion I read by John Piper, about our mind and what we spend our time thinking about. And he used the Scripture, Romans 8:5-6
“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, set their minds on things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.”
Well, recently, my mind has completely set on my flesh. On what my flesh wants and desires…daydreams have been taking over and I’ve been allowing myself to think impure thoughts, to plan out a future of what I want certain things to like, Ive been dreaming of things that satisfy the lusts of my heart, rather than truly giving them to God and trusting Him but trying to satisfy myself in the waiting period.
How wrong, sinful, and how dirty of me. A holy(set apart) child of God.
I find the verses from Romans so convicting, and so powerful. To set the mind on the flesh is DEATH, and to set the mind on the Spirit is life, and peace.
This fall, for my birthday, I got a new tattoo. It is the word PEACE on my forearm. I love it. It’s a great reminder to pray for God’s peace in my life, in every circumstance and moment. Sadly, sometimes it is hidden and I forget about it. But to know that to think about the things of the Spirit is life and peace…and that by not thinking of things of the flesh and by not satisfying my flesh by thinking of things of the flesh, i can have peace. There will be a peace in my heart and my soul and my life, and my life will be full and that longing that the flesh desires, will be filled with Christ and His peace.
Hebrews 12:3
”Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted."..”
Colossians 3:2
”Set your minds on things above, not on the things that are on the earth.”
What are you spending your time thinking about?
Is it glorifying to God?!
