There was a time when my thoughts dictated the course of my life. If I thought something horrible was going to happen it became a nightmare and the very thing that I wished wouldn’t happen happened.
For example, if I thought I wasn’t good enough, people would pick up on that and criticize me. If I wished to show my intentions to a friend they would actually be mistaken and people would reject me. If I set out to pursue a goal my goals wouldn’t come through because I was way too worried about how I could pull it off to could achieve them. I was mortified as to how much my thoughts were ruling me.
But I remembered what I learned in church about what Jesus set out to do for me. I remembered his thoughts over my thoughts and that began to give me peace.
I find comfort in this scripture:
8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.10 “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
The mishaps that I’ve been through have taught me to lean on Jesus. It’s okay to have bad thoughts sometimes because, hey, we’re human. Sometimes, I would even be way too concerned about what others thought about me that that would even ruin my day. But the thoughts of yourself or others don’t have to dictate the course of your life.
When Jesus died on the cross for us, he took our place so that we didn’t have to. His thoughts for us are good and he has good plans for us even if we might think so otherwise (Jeremia 29:11). When I started to apply this truth in my life, my life took a change for the better. I felt a sense of relief that my own efforts don’t have to dictate or ruin my life because Jesus took my place. I can trust that his thoughts for me will come through in the end and I can rest knowing that even if I mess up, God’s got my back.
Will you let Jesus take the burden of your thoughts to give you peace?
You can be saved for him to do this for you. I advise that in the privacy of your own room you read and pray this scripture aloud: Romans 10:9-10
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.
Now you are saved and God’s promises will apply to your life. You just have to let Jesus in.
Much love,
Rosa de Saron C.