What Does Your Heart Think?

As a person thinks in their heart, so they are. -Proverbs 23:7

It is interesting to see how many times Jesus uses the word think in the gospels.

Think not that I have come to destroy . . . .
What are you thinking in your hearts?
You think in these you have eternal life?

Jesus says a lot about what we think in our hearts. Where our hearts/minds are there will be our treasure. Where our hearts/minds are will determine what comes out of our mouths. Where our hearts/minds are will say a great deal about who is our real God. Jesus knew to be true about us what the poet wrote, My mind to me a kingdom is.

What we think and how we think determines our response to both opportunities and challenges. If we have decided that we shall think in terms of compassion, when we feel compassion fatigue, our thinking will enable us to be compassionate. If we have decided in a thoughtful way to be forgiving, then when we set out on its path forgiveness will be our eventual destination. If we have decided to follow Christ, then when the challenges of life assail us, we will keep Christ as our companion even though we may stray.

So how are you thinking today? What decisions in the midst of opportunities and challenges will reveal where your mind/heart ultimately rests?

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what
is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. -Romans 12:2

Prayer
Gracious God be in my mind and in my understanding. Instill in me this day a right way of thinking that in the midst of the challenges of the day, I may serve you with all heart, soul, and mind to the glory of Christ. Amen.

Mac Hamon, Senior Pastor
Castleton United Methodist Church
Indianapolis, Indiana