Day 10: Peace Of Mind
My hubby said it so simple,
yet so powerful,
"I HAVE PEACE ON MY MIND".
Immediately,
visual me pictured a giant brain,
with one word written across it like a flashing neon sign.
PEACE!
So big that there wasn't room for anything else.
Close your eyes for a moment.
Can you picture your mind completely filled with PEACE?
Wouldn't that be wonderful?
But here's the truth.
That kind of PEACE doesn't come from positive thinking.
It doesn't come from trying harder.
It doesn't come from pretending everything is okay.
Because
REAL PEACE
that
TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING
is something that you can't produce on your own,
as it comes from the
THE PRINCE OF PEACE.
The one who is PEACE.
What is on your HEART right now?
Is it someone who hurt you?
Then who will be on your MIND?
Is it an unchanging circumstance?
Then what will fill your thoughts?
Or...
is it
YOU?
Your worries.
Your fears.
Your disappointments.
Your need to fix everything.
Hmm.
Maybe this is where
"IT'S NOT ABOUT ME"
meets your MIND.
Because the more "my" thoughts become centered on
ME,
the less room there is for
HIS PEACE.
But what if
JESUS is the ONE who fills your HEART?
Then when the worries come,
when the fears come,
and
when the "what ifs" come,
your MIND has somewhere else to go.
Back to HIM.
Because when your eyes are FIXED ON JESUS,
the letters that spell
PEACE
don't slowly disappear to become
WORRY.
ANXIETY.
BITTERNESS.
FEAR.
SELF-CONDEMNATION.
Instead,
they become a reminder of WHO is with you.
So let me ask you,
What is trying to steal your PEACE today?
And an even better question~
Who is on your mind?
The answer is beautifully simple.
CHOOSE JESUS.
Hmm.
Easy Fix.
CHOOSE the GIVER OF PEACE.
"Don’t worry about anything, ______________(put your name);
instead,______________,
pray about everything.
Tell GOD what you need, and thank HIM for all he has done.
Then you, ______________,
will experience GOD'S PEACE,
which exceeds anything you can understand.
HIS peace will guard your heart ______________,
and your mind ______________,
as you, ______________, live in CHRIST JESUS" *.
Hmm.
So WHO will be on your mind today?
"FIX YOUR THOUGHTS, ______________,
on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable.
______________,
Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise"
*(Philippians 4:6-8).
There it is.
FIX YOUR THOUGHTS.
Not on your "me".
Not on your fears.
Not on your circumstances.
Not even on your peace.
But on JESUS.
Because when your mind is filled with HIM,
your heart is filled with HIS PEACE.
So make today
a
PEACE ON MY MIND
kind of day.
Not because life is perfect,
but because JESUS IS.
Because...
"IT'S NOT ABOUT ME".
It's about the ONE who has your
"ME ON HIS MIND"
(Listen to "Me on His Mind" below).
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