MY MIND

By Rick Mathes

1 Corinthians 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

I think therefore I am. He mind is a terrible thing to waste. We only have one mind and we only have one go around in this 70 year life-cycle of the flesh. An Arabic proverb teaches that there are three things we can never recover: 1) A sped arrow, 2) A spoken word, and 3) A passing opportunity. When you realized the opportunity the Lord has laid before you, how can you do anything but be committed to Him? We need to be in it for the long run. This earth experience, however quickly you feel it flying by, is not a sprint, it’s a marathon of joy.

Our mind lights up and our hearts palpitate with rejoicing to Him. How grateful can one heart be before it bursts with love? This love then reaches out to all our senses and we think, see, hear, smell and touch with His Holy Spirit all that comes within our reach. It is wise to be ever mindful of the Divine appointments He arranges for along our way to glory.

We need to repent of our sins, submit to His will and obey His commands. This is very simple but not easy. We need to begin at the beginning and have a clean and coherent mind. We need the mind of Christ and God’s Word teaches that it is attainable. There is a system of maintenance that will keep us in shape while we are in the regimen of spiritual weight-lifting.

It starts with eating properly. The adage, “You are what you eat” has a lot of truth in it. Society says that we as Americans are way over-weight from junk and fast food take outs. How pleasant it would be if our minds were over-weight from feasting on His Word.

Next follows naturally that we rest adequately. There needs to be a limit to our mental energy that gives us a flashing yellow caution light. Satan can capture and confuse us buy overloading our thoughts beyond our ability to think them through. So with proper limits and measured exercise we can have wholesome thinking. A fruitful mind is a joyful course for our heart to love Him and our breathed in soul to breath out praises to Him.