Is your mind stayed on God? --Oswald Chambers

(Do you struggle with anxiety, fear, worry, brokenness, guilt, sinful thoughts and deeds??God has an answer and a solution for all these things.?Do you crave God like you crave food??Most of us don’t, He is an afterthought, perhaps someone we consider at Easter and Christmas, or in an emergency when we cry out, “God Help Me!”?I’m certain that if you look around you even in this moment, right as you read this, you will notice that no matter how hard your life is, you are at the top of the food chain and God has blessed you much.?He thinks about you every day, in every way, pursuing you, wooing you, protecting you, intending to lead and guide you in the way you should go.?He has been relentlessly pursuing you all your days!?God has and is the answer and solution for anything/everything we face in life.?He promises that if we seek Him, we will find Him…if we seek Him with all our hearts.?Will you seek Him today??Will you be still and know in your heart that He is God??Will you ask Him to lead and guide you, to comfort you and console you??Will you ask Him to reveal Himself to you??Rather than seek His blessings, perhaps we should seek Him and Him alone, seek to know Him more fully.?I’m certain that if we do, and then we thank Him for everything He has already done for us, that His peace that passes understanding will guard our hearts and minds today in every way.?Read on for Oswald’s encouragement to remain focused on God.?MH)

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Is Your Mind Stayed on God?

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You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3

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Is your mind stayed on God or is it starved? Starvation of the mind, caused by neglect, is one of the chief sources of exhaustion and weakness in a servant’s life. If you have never used your mind to place yourself before God, begin to do it now. There is no reason to wait for God to come to you. You must turn your thoughts and your eyes away from the face of idols and look to Him and be saved (see Isaiah 45:22).

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Your mind is the greatest gift God has given you and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him. You should seek to be “bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ…” (2 Corinthians 10:5 ). This will be one of the greatest assets of your faith when a time of trial comes, because then your faith and the Spirit of God will work together. When you have thoughts and ideas that are worthy of credit to God, learn to compare and associate them with all that happens in nature— the rising and the setting of the sun, the shining of the moon and the stars, and the changing of the seasons. You will begin to see that your thoughts are from God as well, and your mind will no longer be at the mercy of your impulsive thinking, but will always be used in service to God.

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“We have sinned with our fathers…[and]…did not remember…” (Psalm 106:6‘7 ). Then prod your memory and wake up immediately. Don’t say to yourself, “But God is not talking to me right now.” He ought to be. Remember whose you are and whom you serve. Encourage yourself to remember, and your affection for God will increase tenfold. Your mind will no longer be starved, but will be quick and enthusiastic, and your hope will be inexpressibly bright.

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--Oswald Chambers