The pace of life today continues to quicken. News reports, e-mails, cell phones, text messages and video games bombard us with information that can continually occupy our minds.
However, Jesus also warned that “the cares of this world” could “choke the word” and cause us to miss out on the Kingdom of God (Matthew 13:22).
As the Spring Holy Days approach, we need to remember that one of the biggest challenges we face as Christians is the battle for what goes on in our mind—what we think about determines our actions.
Solomon wrote, as a person “thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). David observed that a wicked person is proud, does not seek God and “God is in none of his thoughts” (Psalm 10:4).
Yet, David was a man after God’s own heart (Acts 13:22) because he took time to meditate daily on God’s law (Psalm 119:97). In Psalm 23 we read that David took time to “lie down in green pastures… beside still waters” and this “restores my soul.”
Such places are conducive to thinking and reflecting on the handiwork of God and His plan and purpose for our lives. If we want to grow and be prepared for the coming Kingdom of God, we need to take time to think and meditate on God’s word and His plan for our lives.
Read a Psalm every morning or evening, and meditate on the subjects mentioned in Philippians 4:8. If we think on these things, we can develop more of the mind and perspective of God.
