Lately, my mind has been going non stop since I’ve gotten on the WR. I’ve constantly been thinking about what is happening next, processing everything around me, learning to live with 5 very different people, and furthering the Kingdom one day at a time. Honestly my mind hasn’t stopped and I haven’t really been able to process that I am not going home for 11 months. I know it will one day, but right now I feel like I’m in a dream.
While my mind is going in 1,000 different directions, there has also been a ton of thoughts from the Devil being thrown in the mix. Lies that I am not good enough for this, not prepared, unqualified, unworthy, you name it and I’ve thought it the past couple days. My mind has been a constant battle field with my thoughts waging war against the truth.
Some of my sweet friends collected 11 letters from different people in my life, to open every month while I’m gone on the Race. I just opened month 1 the other day because I felt like I was supposed to right then. MAN, does God have good timing!
So, after one weird day (weird is the only way to describe it) where my emotions are all over the place and things just didn’t seem to be going well I decided to pause. While my team was all out either in town for wifi or to sit on the beach, I felt led to open my first envelop.
The words on the page hit me like a ton of bricks, but the verse that sweet Elizabeth shared stuck with me.
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
Philippians 4:8 ESV
Things that are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, any excellence, things worthy of praise. THINK about those things.
Rid your mind of thoughts that oppose this verse. Rid your mind of the lies instead fill it with things of God.
The past couple of days, I’ve been filling my mind with everything opposite of what I should be mediating on. Every time a thought comes to my mind that is not of God, I am reminded of this verse and immediately my thoughts are shifted.
It’s amazing how when your thoughts change, your outlook changes. When you think of heavenly things, your viewpoint is to look for things to bring Kingdom. Your thoughts are not controlled by the negative, but instead you focus on things of God.
So I want to challenge you, mediate on this verse this week, Philippians 4:8. Think about things that are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, WORTHY OF PRAISE, and see how your outlook on the world around you shifts.
