Awareness came to me today with a new idea. I suppose some folks might yawn and pat their mouths because this is “old hat” to them and they might wonder why I didn’t think of it before.
My favorite devotional mentor, Oswald Chambers asked, “Is your mind stayed on God or is it starved?”
“Hmm,” I considered this. I read the Scriptures and I ponder, so maybe there is something in there.
He continued, “Your creative mind is the greatest gift God has given you and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him. You should seek to be ‘bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ…’”.
Bingo. It’s Saturday and I spent my thought life this morning on things that may never happen, things that don’t matter, things that are silly and worthless … I totally wasted precious time on junk. I will never have that time back again. I could have been thinking creatively. Am I not the daughter of the Creator, after all? And, if my mind is the greatest gift God has given me, then why do I not use it in a way that would best be glorifying to Him?
I have several projects on my “to do” list. I figure I will block out some time and sit down and get them done. Oh! You mean I could have been working through the creative angles of some of those projects instead of wasting my thought life? Oh, ouch.
When I have read the Scriptures, it talks about staying your mind on God. Yes. It talks about thinking about things that are true, noble and pure. Yes. It talks about guarding your mind in battle against the evil one. Yes. But, for some reason, I didn’t think about the creative energies involved in thinking.
God help me, for the mind is weak. I want to glorify my Lord Jesus Christ with my creative mind given to me straight from His Hand. I don’t want to disappoint Him.
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” Isaiah 26:3.
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