PHILIPPIANS 4:8

Finally, brothers and sisters, 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.

TO PONDER

The human mind will always set itself on something and if a person thinks of something often enough, they will come to the stage when they cannot stop thinking about it. Their thoughts will quite literally be in a groove out of which they cannot jerk them. It is, therefore, of the first importance that we should set our thoughts upon the fine things.  

There are the things which are true. Many things in this world are deceptive and illusory, promising what they can never perform, offering a specious peace and happiness which they can never supply. We should always set our thoughts on the things which will not let us down, we should fix our minds on Jesus.

Paul recommends holiness and righteousness to be in every point of view; and to show that the Gospel of Christ requires Christians to have the mind that was in Christ, and to walk as he himself also walks.  Everything we do and say should bring honour to God, good to others and credit to God's people, the church..

PRAYER

God, help us to meditate upon your words, revolve them in our minds, seriously consider them, and reason with ourselves about them, in order to put them into practice in every aspect of our life. Amen

Today's devotion written by Francis Leung, LifeWay Asian ministry pastor