Thinking of Christ

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” (Philippians 4:4-9).

Sometimes we can feel terribly alone. Our thoughts turn to ourselves, to how we perceive others are treating us or thinking of us. The reality is most of us don’t think all that much about others, we are too consumed with dealing with our own inner struggles.

That self-conscious thought pattern can be overcome. When we place our hearts and our thoughts on Jesus Christ and walk daily in the light of His Word, we find peace. Not a temporary or fleeting peace but a deep and abiding peace. And once the peace of God touches and then dwells in our hearts we don’t spend so much time dwelling on ourselves. We are at peace, we are content, and those inner needs are meet. We are freed to help others out of the love and peace that continues to grow and abound within our hearts.

A love placed there when we gave our hearts to Jesus Christ. When we looked deep within our hearts and found it cold, hard, and ugly and we gave Christ a chance. I remember doing that, I remember the struggle to give up myself off the throne of my heart. I remember not knowing anything much about Christ. But the one thing that became very apparent was his love and that he loved me. So as a young man I got on my knees and asked Christ to help me, hear me, and heal me and my life has never been the same.

None of us are the same once we meet the Lamb of God who willing gave his life so that we might have life and peace in him!