If I keep thinking about what I am thinking about
I will drive myself crazy
and not be in a good place
because
what I am thinking about
I can't do anything about.
So
how do I
how do you
get whatever we are thinking about
that we can't do anything about
out of our mind
because it will
drive us crazy?
Is there a something that you can't control
that you just can't get out of your mind?
It reminds me of the ringing in my ears~
when I think about it
it is all I hear
and if I keep thinking about it
it will be all that I hear
and it will drive me crazy.
But God
has used this for good
as it is has been an exercise
to take my ears
to take my mind
to take my thoughts
off of
what I can't change
and
instead
Listen
Think
Fixate
on
Him
in the midst of
the whatevers
the whomevers
the wish it was different
scenerios~
otherwise
it will drive me crazy.
Easier said then done,
but it really is
because
when I am fixed on
Him
whose eyes are fixed on me
He consumes me
Who is He?
He is
PEACE~
the peace that transcends all understanding
because you know you can't produce it on your own
in the midst of
what is consuming your mind.
when you
when I
Put Ourselves in His Story
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:3-4
The scripture that got me to sleep last night
the scripture that I woke up to in an email~
God again
working overtime
to make
His point
to little 'ole me
who just asked
Him
for
PEACE~
You will keep...
Not me
Not you
But Him
will keep in perfect peace...
PERFECT PEACE
an unshakeable peace
even when standing on shaky ground
for those
whose minds are steadfast...
STEADFAST~
"...to be kept in this perfect peace, our mind must be stayed on the Lord. If our mind is stayed on ourselves, or our problems, or the problem people in our lives, or on anything else, we can’t have this perfect peace. "(Enduring Word, Guzik*)
WHY?
because they trust in you.
TRUST~
"...you keep your mind stayed on whatever you are trusting. When we trust the Lord, we keep our mind stayed on Him. It all means that the battle for trust in our lives begins in our minds. If we trust the Lord, it will show in our actions, but it will begin in our mind." (Enduring Word, Guzik)*
A
STEADFAST MIND~
Trusting in
the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
ROCK~
a refuge, strength (Strongs)
So again
and again
and again and again....
I will bring my mind back to
Him
when
again
and again
and again and again...
my mind is brought back to
what I am thinking about
that will drive me crazy
because there is nothing that I can do about it,
BUT
there is Someone who can~
The One who promises
to keep me
to keep you,
_________________ (PUT your name)
in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because ______________ trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
Because
Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from Him. Psalm 62:5
EVEN IF . . .
*Enduring Word Reference from above: https://enduringword.com/perfect-peace/