“Finally ,brethren , whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just,whatsoever things are pure,whatsoever things are lovely,whatsoever things are of good report;if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Philippians 4:8
Our thinking is something we must take charge over.If we don’t it will control us.We need to focus on the positive rather than negative.We have to feed our minds with blessings from God and the good things We can find in our lives or situations. We have to think about what is true rather than the lies satan put in us to believe.We have to dwell on what is noble and right, so our actions will follow our thoughts . We have to feed our minds with whatever is pure,lovely, admirable,excellent or praiseworthy.It will help us to stay focused on God’s love for us and Christ’s sacrifice for us.In this verse Apostle Paul encourages the Philippians to right living. He made a list covering everything good, positive,biblical and godly.
Our focus of life, Our thought process should be Jesus,His voice,His word,work, influence and spirit.Jesus’s thought focuses on God the Father. So if we focus on Jesus, our thoughts will also be like that of God.
2Corinthians10:5 “casting down imaginations, and every high thing that explains exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ .”
We need to be wise, humble, joyful, truthful, gentle, diligent and loving. Our thinking pattern should not conform to the patterns of this world . Our pattern should shift from falsehood to truth, evil and negativity to goodness and positivity, dishonesty to honesty and integrity, injustice to justice.
If our focus is on Jesus, then what all things we think, speak and do will relate back to Him.Paul here reminds us that we have to meditate on God not only in our quite times but all the time and thank Him always. (1Thessalonians 5:16,-18) We find our direction, strength and success in Him. As human beings we can’t do it ourselves .We need God’s grace and power. That is why God gifted us with the Holy Spirit.What we learned,received.,heard,seen in Christ, our mentors, fore fathers of faith, we need to practice it in our daily life.Then God will give us peace and well-being.our mind should be saturated with good thoughts, the thoughts of God
Heavenly Father we want to focus on the locus of our life, Jesús Christ. We need your power and strength to do that .kindly give us the grace to do that.We ask in Jesus name,Amen
Sol .Gigi Jacob