I remember so many times in the past I would build something out of nothing. It started when someone planted a seed in my mind with a negative comment or I was faced with a situation I couldn’t handle, and I would blow it out of proportion. Thought after thought built up in my mind and I feared the outcome. It was so bad I would worry to the extent that I couldn’t focus on the things I had to take care of that day.
My mind was in turmoil within minutes and I was sure that a disaster was about to occur. But you know something? When I look back on all those times, nothing ever happened as I thought it would. Do you remember the saying, “it’s all in your mind?” Yup, that’s where it was, all in my mind! Well I learned that I had to take control of my mind and not let it control me before it causes me to be anxious and fearful. I had to capture those thoughts and replace them with the thinking and meditations of God’s word. Now I’m at a peaceful place in my mind, but I’m always on guard and I can’t neglect it or I will be back where I started and get carried away with needless thinking. However it took work to get there, it didn’t happen over night.
I had to acknowledge the Lord and trust Him and as I built my relationship with Him, Wow, what a difference and what peace and joy I experience in my everyday life. Well just yesterday I picked up a little notebook in the dollar store and on the front cover it was titled, Thoughts. I love to journal so I’m going to write little golden nuggets from scripture each day pertaining to renewing my mind.
My first page I have written Philippians 4 verse 8.
“Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good report, if there is any virtue and anything worthy of praise, meditate (think) on these things.”
Another one I recorded is in 2 Cor. 10 verse 5..And it tells us that we are to “demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
Taking your thoughts captive simply means gaining control over what you think about. My mind is tricky at times and still tries to take over, but I give it to the Lord and as I dwell on Him and His word, my mind is renewed and refreshed and ready to go about my day, walking in victory!
Have a lovely weekend everyone! God bless!
Author June Hodgins 