Greetings everybody!
It is always such a joy to share the Word of God with you!
Today we hear a lot about DETOXING our physical bodies and how there can be chemicals in the food we eat; bacteria can build up; there are pesticides in the air. Well, in the same way, there are all kinds of toxins that can build up in our minds – This happens when we dwell on the wrong thoughts, like what we CANNOT do or how someone hurt us. These toxic thoughts left alone will become like toxic waste and will eventually contaminate our whole lives. It effects our whole image – our attitudes and our level of confidence. It becomes a part of who we are. That is why it says in Proverbs 4:23,
- Above all else, guard your heart [and minds], for it effects everything you do.
God is saying, “Make guarding your hearts and minds a priority; put this at the top of your ‘to-do’ list, because if your mind gets polluted, your whole life is going to be polluted.
So, we need to go through a DETOXIFICATION process – Not a physical cleansing, but a MENTAL cleansing. This is the only way we are going to get free and get back to who God made us to be.
So, HOW DO WE DETOX OUR MINDS? We need to make a decision that we are going to take GOD’S WORD and REPLACE those toxic thoughts with God’s thoughts.
Let us take a look at Isaiah 55:8-9,
- “For MY THOUGHTS are not your THOUGHTS, neither are your ways My ways”, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways than your ways and My THOUGHTS than your THOUGHTS.
So, instead of dwelling on the negative toxic thoughts, turn it around and say, “No I am not going there – I am going to dwell on what GOD and HIS WORD says about me.”
We need to realize that it does not matter what our minds or emotions or what people say about us – All that really matters is what GOD says about us!
So, start feeding your minds with GOD’S WORD. “What will this do?” It will starve those toxic thoughts and begin to let the seed of God’s Word take root in our hearts.
Hebrews 4:12 says,
- God’s Word is alive and ful of power…
If we will get our thinking in line with God’s thinking, there is nothing we will not be able to overcome. See, the choice is not up to God – It is up to you! Deuteronomy 30:19 says,
- I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before YOU LIFE AND DEATH BLESSING AND CURSING; therefore (YOU) CHOOSE LIFE that both you and your descendants may live…
So we need to ask ourselves, “Who are we going to get in agreement with?” With what GOD says about us or what our own thoughts emotions influences or people say about us? Amos 3:3 says,
- How can two walk together unless they be agreed?
I exhort you to begin to say what God says about you and eventually you will find His THOUGHTS will displace your thoughts and your mind will be thinking correctly. This is how we DETOX OUR MINDS.
“Father, you told us to fix our thoughts on what is true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of a good report, virtuous, and praiseworthy. So, LORD, we take our thoughts captive today and submit them to You. I destroy every argument and lofty opinion that is raised against the knowledge of God. We know that it is what comes out of our mouths that defiles us, so we speak LIFE AND TRUTH instead. We love You, LORD, with all our hearts and all our minds. We choose to stand in complete agreement with Your Word, Father, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
Walking in Him,
Lisa Gordon
Jesus City Church