A man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is! So the maxim goes. Right living begins with right thinking. What we essentially become begins in the mind. C.H. Spurgeon put it this way: God will not live in the parlour of our hearts if we entertain the devil in the cellar of our thoughts. So come sit in my parlor and 'mull with me.'
August 23, 2018
STRAIGHT AHEAD.....
Do you know why a car's WINDSHIELD is so large & the rear view mirror is so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE.
So, look ahead and move on.
"Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established. Do not turn to the right nor to the left; Turn your foot from evil" (Prov. 4:24-27).
The man without a forward purpose is like a ship without a rudder. What makes life complicated is multiplicity of motives. What makes like victorious is singleness of motive. And as Spurgeon remarked, "Spiritual life depends on the purposes we cherish."
Has any Christian been more focused than the Apostle Paul. He declared, "I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
- Dick Christen