“I will set no dishonorable or wicked thing before my eyes...” In this Psalm, David was determined to honor God with his mind. He knew that what he watched would affect his thinking. He learned the hard way what could happen if you don’t guard your mind by choosing carefully what you look at. He himself (the person who God said was “a man after My own heart”) was drawn to do things that weren’t pleasing to God when he didn’t stay disciplined.
The same is true for us today. If we are watching things on TV or reading things in books, magazines or in person that aren’t pleasing to God we’re opening a door to the enemy; a stronghold is building in our thinking. Eventually we become imprisoned by those wrong thoughts. But, God has given us the power to break those strongholds!
If you’re struggling with thoughts that you don’t want anymore, today, you can choose to be free. First, receive God’s forgiveness and make the choice to change what you are looking at and thinking about. Focus your thoughts on His will and refuse to engage in or focus on wrong things. As you determine to honor God in this way, He will empower and bless you so that you can live in freedom and peace and experience meaningful, lasting increase and success the rest of your life!
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