No this isn't one of those comments about face wash!
One of the things I've been mulling over is the importance of being proactive in my thought life. I know myself pretty well, having 30ish years of experience with myself. I can you that I have, on PLENTY of occasions, been reactive with my thoughts. What does that mean? Here's an example:
I wake up, feeling tired and kind of "gray". Nothing bad, but nothing good either. A thought comes to mind, and there's just a hint of something in the content that makes me feel insecure. I start to doubt myself, start to mosey into the land of "I'm not really valuable." And bam. My day goes south, I'm sad, and I'm probably going to cry. A lot.
I do this with my identity, my worth, my skill set, my relationships, my health, and on and on it goes.
This is not the way I want to live, nor do I think God created me to be defeated.
Now, I would never really mentally tell myself "I sure am defeated in this area", and yet my life is lived out that way. Bingo! The way we live often tells a true story of our beliefs.
Bouncing back from defeat is hard. And so the brilliant thought hits me: why don't I head it off before I get to that point?
Eh?
Yes!
Rather than being reactive in taking my thoughts captive and reminding myself of God's truths, I can take the initiative to do those things BEFORE I get defeated.
Rough patches will come, I am sure of it. Yet it does not need to dominate my thinking. I am a child of God. I have been chosen at a high price and redeemed. God has designed me with skills and empowered me with His Spirit. I am made to worship Him with my ENTIRE LIFE.
I can choose to live like it ahead of time. I don't want to wait until I NEED to remember this to bring it to the top of my mind. I want to wake up and live each moment knowing that I'm God's and I'm living for Him, and what He says--even about me--is true!
What about you?
