Bible Texts: Philp.2:5, Jn.14:26, Mk.9:29, Gal.4:19, Rev.12:11, Lk.6:45, Pro.4:23, Lk.18:1, Matt.26:41-42, 2Cor.5:17, Jn.3:4-8, 1Cor.15:33
What kind of mind must you have to influence your thoughts, action and conduct towards living like the good and godly husbandman?
Let this mind be in you, even the mind of Christ (Philp.2:5)
The word of God says that the mind you must have is the mind of Christ. What this means is that your thought life must think like Jesus Christ because your mind is the chamber where you make decisions whether good or bad. And your mind is so powerful that it is the gateway to your actions or inactions. But when you think like Jesus Christ at every point of your decision by asking “what will Jesus Christ do in this matter and in this circumstance”, it will help you develop your thought life to think like Christ would.
This is why you must continually guard your mind with all diligence because it influences your life’s decisions.
Guard your heart (mind) with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life (Pro.4:23)
Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks (Lk.6:45)
But how do I have the mind of Christ and think like Christ would?
For you to think like Christ would, you must have a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ (Jn.3:4-8, 2Cor.5:17). The second action you must take is to be careful with the type of books you read, the songs you listen to, the films you watch and the relationships you keep. All of these are influences and they can either influence you to think like Christ or think like the world (1Cor.15:33). You must also engage the forces of prayer and fasting so that you can empowered by the Holy Ghost to refuse evil thoughts into your mind and accept only good and righteous thoughts (Ps.51:10, Mk.9:29, Mk.14:38, Jn.14:26, Gal.4:19)
As the husbandman, you cannot and will not grow to become good and godly if you do not read the word of God, think on the word of God and pray the word of God into your life. Hence, you must give attention to study the Bible, meditate on it and act on what it commands. That is how your mind can be like that of Jesus Christ.
Hallelujah!
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, forgive me for allowing ungodly relationships into my life and thinking like the world.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, deliver me from ungodly relationships, influences and resources.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to always feed my mind with Your words of wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
FAITH CONFESSION
I guard my mind with all diligence and protect it from the influences of satan, sin and the world and allow only the word of God to influence my thought and actions because I am on a journey to becoming the good and godly man, husband and father in Jesus name. Amen.
Excerpt from IN TUNE WITH GOD devotional of Thursday September 21, 2023
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