"Thou w
ilt keep him in perfect peace, whose minds is stayed on Thee: because he truseth in Thee" (Isa 26:3).
The devil is always trying to distract our mind from staying on the Lord! "I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, that your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ" (II Cor 11:3 NIV). TRUSTING IN THE LORD IS, OUR MIND STAYING ON THE LORD IN ALL SINCERITY AND PURITY. When Eve's minds was corrupted she could no longer trust in the Lord; she trusted in the words of the serpent instead. How important it is to keep our minds pure! Once our minds are corrupted, we cannot trust in God. Let us therefore take heed to keep our minds pure. This is a basic requirement if our mind is to stay upon God.
When problems arise we often take our eyes off the Lord and keep them on our problems; this results in "worrying" which is just the opposite of trusting the Lord. "Take no thought for the morrow" (Matt 6:34). The devil always tries to bring to us worrying thoughts of the morrow. We read, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully" (Lk 12:16). Yet he worried so much about the morrow that he couldn't even sleep. "What shall I do? I have no room to bestow my fruits?" The devil will try to put in us the worry of either how to get money or the worry of how to keep it.
Child of God, don't fall prey to the devil's tactics. Commit yourself to the Lord and trust in Him. The Amplified Version of Isaiah 26:3 is enlightening: "You will guard him and keep him in perfect peac whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You."
"I'll trust Thee with my whole heart,
I'll never from Thee depart,
I know Thou art keeping me safe in Thine arms,
And I know I'm free from alarms."
- Late Pastor T.U.Thomas, in "Morning Manna"
ilt keep him in perfect peace, whose minds is stayed on Thee: because he truseth in Thee" (Isa 26:3).The devil is always trying to distract our mind from staying on the Lord! "I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, that your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ" (II Cor 11:3 NIV). TRUSTING IN THE LORD IS, OUR MIND STAYING ON THE LORD IN ALL SINCERITY AND PURITY. When Eve's minds was corrupted she could no longer trust in the Lord; she trusted in the words of the serpent instead. How important it is to keep our minds pure! Once our minds are corrupted, we cannot trust in God. Let us therefore take heed to keep our minds pure. This is a basic requirement if our mind is to stay upon God.
When problems arise we often take our eyes off the Lord and keep them on our problems; this results in "worrying" which is just the opposite of trusting the Lord. "Take no thought for the morrow" (Matt 6:34). The devil always tries to bring to us worrying thoughts of the morrow. We read, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully" (Lk 12:16). Yet he worried so much about the morrow that he couldn't even sleep. "What shall I do? I have no room to bestow my fruits?" The devil will try to put in us the worry of either how to get money or the worry of how to keep it.
Child of God, don't fall prey to the devil's tactics. Commit yourself to the Lord and trust in Him. The Amplified Version of Isaiah 26:3 is enlightening: "You will guard him and keep him in perfect peac whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You."
"I'll trust Thee with my whole heart,
I'll never from Thee depart,
I know Thou art keeping me safe in Thine arms,
And I know I'm free from alarms."
- Late Pastor T.U.Thomas, in "Morning Manna"
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