People often want to convince us that it is what we do that counts, and that our thoughts and beliefs are secondary. However, throughout the Bible it is made clear that what we think about forms what we do. Therefore our thoughts are not inconsequential, but instead have primacy in determining how we behave and the person that we become.
Romans 12:2 tells us that when our thoughts are transformed by the wisdom of God, we will have discernment into what please Him and therefore wisdom about the choices that we make. This is why it is imperative that we fix our thoughts on Him – after all, the Christian should desire that every choice we make brings Him glory and praise.
May our minds be fixed on Christ and may all of our lives bring Him the honor He so richly deserves!
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.” – Romans 12:2 (ESV)
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” -2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (ESV)