Good food is essential for healthy thought management. If an individual wishes to lose weight, they need to go through the discipline of exercising and eating healthier food. Similarly, when we put Philippians 4:8-9 to work on a regular basis, then our minds become healthier by being transformed. We put on a new reality.
Years ago, I used to enjoy greasy hamburgers along with some French fries and milkshake; at that time, I wasn’t too concerned about consuming bad food. Those days are behind me. Nowadays, if I were to eat a meal like that, my stomach would be protesting loudly. Bad food would also impact my level of exercise the next day.
In a similar manner, if we invest time in thinking right thoughts, over time when negative thoughts come, we will develop a degree of aversion and distaste for them. If we are tempted to entertain a thought, we still can get a handle on it quickly. It doesn’t have to take days or weeks to get over it. That’s the power of thought management which leads to transformation. At first it is hard, but the longer we do it the easier it becomes.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:1-2
According to the above scripture, good thoughts allow us to discover God’s will. When I am in negative mode of thinking, good or pure thoughts seem unreal or appear as wishful thinking. This scripture shows us that sometimes it may be difficult to think right thoughts, but if we press through, on the other side of the difficulty, we actually get to discover the perfect will of God!
Many believers would like to know God’s will and pray for it regularly, but they don’t seem to know His will. Is it possible that we don’t know God’s will because we haven’t renewed our minds!? Could it be that we are trying to align His will to our narrow or darkened view of a situation? What if we opened our minds and looked at the problem or the person with pure and good thoughts? What if the right thoughts are the doorway to God’s heart and desire for us?
God’s word gives us instruction on how to live a peaceful life. Let’s try good thought management by making the decision to not think negatively for at least a week. This could be very difficult for some of us but the results like a good diet plan will be worth it.
