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“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7a (KJV)

Now that I’ve moved into a new city, I am struggling with driving.  There are so many ramps, roundabouts, back roads, and interstates.  Every time  I climb into my car, I could be off on another adventure.   I think I hear the GPS lady sighing with frustration as she says, “Recalculating” to me.  Fortunately,  I do know how to drive to work and to drive home now.

One day during my drive home, I was thinking about a conversation I had and was so distracted I found myself somewhere I did not want to be.  I had to turn on my GPS just to find my way home.    Just like I was lost driving home, our thoughts determine a lot about the direction of our lives.  Runaway thoughts will take us somewhere, and sometimes it is where we do not want to be.

If we spend time thinking about how aggravating a co-worker is, how someone else was promoted first,  the lack of money or  success, we could find ourselves filled with resentment.  And that’s just the beginning, our thoughts can move into a lack of patience, hurting feelings, and discontentment.

Our thoughts are powerful and require a great deal of self-control.  If we allow them to come and go carelessly, we will not be focused on the things of God and wind up somewhere we didn’t choose to be.  We need to choose carefully what we think about, because our thoughts will determine who we are and how we live.

“Dear Lord, Please help me today to keep my thoughts captive and focused on everything that is pleasing to You and that will bring You glory!”

For His Glory

Melissa Tucker
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