OC February 11th

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"You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!" 
Isaiah 26:3 NLT

The title of today's devotional is, "Is Your Mind Stayed on God". The basic message is what the scripture verse says - If you trust in God and fix your thoughts on Him, you will have His Peace.

How? Chambers says, "If you have never used your mind to place yourself before God, begin to do it now. There is no reason to wait for God to come to you."

Jesus Christ's sacrifice, His grace, brings salvation. We do nothing for that but believe the Gospel. But that is taking an action - faith, and belief. I feel like so often we are praying to God, crying out to Him but the words are empty because our hearts are hard, and we are not putting ourselves before Him.

Try to make it a practice, when talking to Jesus, to place yourself before Him. In your mind. Then be still, and take your time. Don't be that person that is rushing the conversation, always looking around for the next person to talk to - Give Him your full attention and respect. He loves and desires that. Yet we want to storm into the throne room of God and start complaining and wailing about how God needs to help with this, or why hasn't God done that, or why did this happen God. . . Yet we haven't recognized Him. His holiness. His sovereignty. Because if we admit it in our hears - there is nobody more important than us. . . 

Humility is a lesson He wants us all to learn. Some get it. For some, He has to allow harsh lessons into their lives to get them to come around to understanding who is in control. 

Chambers ends with this:
"Don't say to yourself, 'But God is not talking to me right now.' He ought to be. Remember whose you are and whom you serve. Encourage yourself to remember, and your affection for God will increase tenfold. Your mind will no longer be starved, but will be quick and enthusiastic, and your hope will be inexpressibly bright."

You are a child of the King, who loves and cares for you deeply. Whatever is going on in your life, take it God, but always start with praise and adoration to Him. He deserves it. 

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