"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!"
What kind of thoughts do you dwell upon? Would you consider yourself a positive person or a negative person? Are you looking for things to praise or condemn? Do you stop to think about things that virtue and honor? Where is your mind and what is it on? Is your mind on noble, pure, lovely admirable things that are in the right? Do you think about what is excellent and praiseworthy in your life? Do you allow your mind to go over to the dark side and the things that are evil in nature? The One Truth Today is to think about what you think about!
Long before the "Power of Positive Thinking" was penned, the Lord gave us His Word and explained the direction and control we should have over our lives and thoughts. If you want to please and worship God then you need to control the thoughts of the natural man and instead focus on the spiritual man. There is peace on earth to men in God's will and it is His will to point out what you should be thinking about. We all have free will and we can choose both our thoughts and our actions. You can dwell on the negative and evil things of this world or you can take Paul's advice and put the above verses into action in your life.
Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. You are in control of the thoughts that you entertain. You select them one at a time and you are responsible for what you think about. What do you believe will be the result if you think about true, noble, righteous, pure, lovely, admirable, honorable and reverend thoughts? What do you think will be the result if you allow your mind to dwell on false, evil, impure and pornographic thoughts? If your choice is unrighteous, impure, ugly, dishonorable and irreverent thoughts you will seek for peace but you will never find it. If it is excellent or praiseworthy and glorifies God that is what your mind should be focused on and you should THINK ABOUT SUCH THINGS!
