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Isaiah 65: 24 “Before they call I will answer;
while they are still speaking I will hear.” (NIV)
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Don’t think thoughts you don’t want Jesus to hear.* |
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My husband will bring up a subject as we are riding in the
car or hiking along a trail and I will say, “I was just thinking about that!”
Just last night as he was presenting the lesson to our small group, he asked a
question that I answered with one of my typical smart remarks. He said, “When I
was writing the lesson I knew that’s what you were going to say!”
Sometimes we’re just attuned to another person’s train of
thought. Whatever triggers a notion in one mind fires the same brain waves in
the other. It’s nice to be close to someone who knows us so well. It’s even
better when the other person is God.
We are not the original intended audience for this verse in
Isaiah, but it expresses a truth that can be found throughout scripture. God is
so in tune to us, so anxious to hear from us, that he answers before we have
even called. He hears what we have to say before we’ve finished saying it.
Sometimes we forget how interested God is in our thoughts. When we allow
unwholesomeness to occupy space in our minds, we are crowding God out.
How do impure thoughts get into our minds? We put them there
with what we see and hear. Sometimes we don’t mean to expose ourselves to bad
influences – life happens all around us if we aren’t living in a cave – but we
contaminate our own minds by what we read, watch, listen to, and dwell on. The
antidote to a dirty mind is to fill it with cleanliness. We must be selective
in what we put in there. Read Philippians 4: 8 for some helpful hints on what
to think about. Then perhaps when God leans in to listen to your thoughts, you
won’t be embarrassed by what he hears.
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It’s not enough to keep the bad stuff out. We’ve got to let the good stuff in.* |
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