AUTOMATIC REPLENISHMENT

Romans 12:2 NLT Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

‘If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.’ (Scott Hahn) I read that quote the other day and it made me stop and think about automatic replenishment.😊

What are our minds automatically refilling with? What are we watering them with? Are we positively minded and we fill up on God’s promises, on giving Him praise, on thankfulness for all our blessings, on being grateful for what we have? Or are we dwelling on the what might have been, on what we don’t have, how sick we feel, etc.

I heard someone say that where our attention goes, is where our energy flows. If our attention is on the size of our problem then we need to remind our inner selves of how big and powerful our God is, and He will re-energise us. If we focus on what we’re missing, we’re missing what we have, and our energy will drain away. We might not have all we want, but if God is all we have, then we have all we need.

All of that to say we would do well to be mindful of what we’re allowing to automatically replenish our minds. God gave us the authority to choose life, to choose to dwell on the promises of God, not the threats of the enemy. He advised us to choose life, to choose to think about our blessings, about what is working, what we can do, not about what’s wrong.

Let’s change our focus if we need to, and automatically replenish our thinking with God’s thoughts that we find in His word and speak them out over our lives. Words like ‘I can do whatever I have to do today through Christ who strengthens me. I can overcome through Jesus. God has put His peace in my heart, Jesus said He overcame so I can smile, my God will supply all of my needs, the Holy Spirit is helping me, and so on.😊 

Let’s allow the Holy Spirit to water our thinking with His word, and transform us by renewing our minds today.😊 in Jesus name. Amen.

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GOD SEES OUR POTENTIAL

Philippians 1:6 NKJV being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

When I was beach-coming on a Somerset beach some time ago I brought home a lumpy bit of driftwood which looked really boring but I thought I could do something with it. I eventually painted big daisies growing up it’s sides and now it’s used as a door stop. At least it looks more interesting and is more useful than it was!😊

On another level altogether Michelangelo looked at a piece of marble and thought he could do something with it too and ended up producing the world famous sculpture called ‘David’. He looked at a ceiling and with his God given genius he painted the Sistine Chapel. He saw the amazing potential within them!😊

I just felt the Lord saying He looked at you and me and thought to Himself, I can do something with them. No matter how unimpressive we feel we are, with His own genius God can make something wonderful with our lives if we offer them to Him to work with.

As we look back, we can see how God has been chipping a bit off us here, a bit off there, just like Michelangelo when he took a piece of marble, because he could see the treasure hidden inside. God looks at us and sees the treasure He has hidden in us too. So don’t let’s complain when He puts us on the potter’s wheel to reshape us. Let’s be glad He wants to, and that He has something wonderful in mind.😊

After all, God says we are His masterpiece, His special treasure, that we are precious to Him. In fact, you may not feel like it, but you are a work of art in God’s studio and you will be absolutely priceless when He’s finished. What a happy thought to go into our new week and all for the glory of God!😊 Amen.