What were you thinking about before you started reading my words? Right before. The beauty about that question is that you know, or should know. It's easy to know. You have complete control over what you choose or refuse to think about.
Was it your plans for today? A conversation you just had or anticipate having?
Whatever you were thinking about was governed by one of two sources:
1. The flesh.
2. The Spirit
Of course, if you believe in the Lord, you want your mind governed by the Spirit of God. You know your mind is governed, or led, or influenced, by the Spirit in two ways:
- Life
- Peace.
What is life? It is more than mere existence and breathing. It is the energy of intimacy between God, you, and me, as Jesus said, "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent." When you focus your mind on following the desires of the Spirit, you will feel the energy of God's intimacy. God listening and responding to you.
THE MIND GOVERNED BY THE SPIRIT IS PEACE
God is not your enemy, nor does He consider you His enemy. Jesus removed all hostility between us and God, so our relationship with Him by His Spirit feels like a harmonious union of two friends with one purpose.
Yet if you feel disconnected and conflicted, look at what you are thinking about. It will be obvious. The Spirit's desires will be the farthest thing from our mind, and you will be conflicted within yourself because you have contradictory and self centered desires, none involving Christ, none involving His Spirit's leading. This is what it means for your mind to be governed by the flesh--by self centeredness instead of God centeredness.
But You do have a choice.
Whatever you were thinking about before you read these words, from this moment on you can let the Spirit govern your mind, and experience the life and peace that Jesus died and rose to give you by His Spirit.
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