"How precious also are thy thoughts toward me, O God! How great is the sum of them. If I should count them they are more than the number of the sand: when I wake up, I am still with thee".
- Psalm 139:17&18(KJV)
God thinks of us constantly. Sometimes it may seem like there are too many people on this earth for God to focus on individually but He does. In the bible, Ps. 139, David says that "...Gods thoughts are precious toward us and great are the sum of them. If we were to count them they would be more than the number of the sand". What a wonderful thing to grasp and understand. Thank you Jesus.
Our thought patterns are what usually determines our outcomes in life. When thoughts that are negative or evil try to take residence in our minds we are to rebuke them. The Oxford Dictionary defines the word rebuke as to express sharp disapproval. It is our responsibility to bring our minds under subjection. We are to tell ourselves what Gods will is and His purpose for our lives. If we don't these thoughts will dominate our thought process and ultimately our lives. They will try to abort our purpose. We are supposed to pull these thoughts down and make them obey Christ and what He says about us. We should ask God to let Christ's mind be in us. Philippians 4:8 tells us to think on things that are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, anything of good report and praiseworthy. Meditate on these things. Before the foundations of the earth God knew that we would have to deal with attacks on our minds. God let's us know over and over in the bible that we are victorious and strong in Him. We are more than conquerors, Rom. 8:37. We are to put on the helmet of salvation to protect our minds, Eph. 6:17. God let's us know what we need to do to overcome the forces that try to make us question ourselves in Him and who He created us to be as individuals and/or even collectively as His church.
If these thoughts take residence in our minds they will cause harm. They get attached to our souls and will affect the way we think and that in turn will negatively affect our behavior. There are a lot of things in this world wanting to feed into our lives. We must be careful of what we internalize. We should filter out those things that are contrary to who God says we are and where we want to be in life. We should always seek to have a mind that is like Christ. He thinks greatness toward us. He's constantly thinking about us. That is so comforting. He holds us so dear that he says that we are like the apple of His eye, Psalm 17. To know that the God of the universe thinks about ______ (put your name in the blank) on a regular basis is wonderful. He's not fickle but He is the constant in our lives. He's constant! I had to repeat that. There is no variation in Him. He won't change. He never has and never will.
Gods thoughts toward us will always be good. Jeremiah 29:11 says Gods thoughts are of peace not of evil and to give us an expected end. I encourage you to take on the thoughts that God has about you. Don't let the devil change your mind on what He says about you. The devil will try to send evil and negative influential messages your way but remember what the bible says, pull these thoughts down! Speak what God says about you. Here's a reminder of what God thinks about you. He loves you. He thinks you're awesome. He sees you. He cares about you. You are blessed. You are more than a conqueror. You can do all things through Christ. He's ALWAYS thinking about you.
~ Royalbutterfli
Let's pray...
Father, in Jesus' name thank you for always having us on your mind, collectively as Your church and individually. We believe what You say about us and we embrace that by faith. Help us to resist and pull down the thoughts that would derail us. Thank you for thinking of us so precious that you sent Jesus to redeem us so that you could seat us with Him as joint heirs in heavenly places. We are now royalty because you love us so dearly. Thanks again Father. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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