Hymn: “Be Thou My Vision” – Ancient Irish
Tune: SLANE
I have a dish-towel hanging by my bed – yes, I know those
are meant to be in the kitchen, but it has embroidered on it a wonderful Psalm
verse: “I will sleep in peace, for you, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” (4:8)
Because of its location, it is the last thing I see before I go to sleep and
the first thing I see every morning.
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| "The Thinker" - Rodin |
Thinking on God is a very positive exercise. In fact,
Philippians 4:8 says, “Whatever is true, whatever is
noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is
admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.”
Those ‘whatsoevers’ that we learned as a childhood memory verse are worth
revisiting today.
Thinking on such optimistic attributes
of Christ… and of the Christian life… can keep us from thinking on the
negative, downer kinds of words that so often invade our thinking.
Simply centering our thought processes
on the person of Christ may be difficult because we try to picture One we have
never seen. But centering our attention on his characteristics can make that a
less complicated way to implement his life into ours on a daily basis – by day
and by night.
The list goes way beyond the eight
listed in Philippians 4:8, so we are not limited to those. In fact, the list
goes on almost infinitely.
Today, let the best things about
Christ be the center of your thinking… all day long and into the night until
you sleep in peace, kept safe by the One on whom you have thought.
Hear This Sung by 4 Him
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