Guard Duty

Be careful what you think,
    because your thoughts run your life.

Proverbs 4:23 

 

Have you ever stopped to consider what you allow into your mind?  Do you allow hate and prejudice in?  Do you allow anger and revenge in?  Do you allow harmful thoughts access?

 

What is the purpose of a guard?  To protect!  To keep danger out!  To keep intruders from gaining access!  Solomon tells us that we must be careful of what we think because.....here it comes......what we think comes out as words and actions.

 

Think about something I have mentioned before, Our bodies do absolutely nothing unless the brain tells it to. This includes "instinctual" functions as blinking, breathing, and keeping our heart beating.  Therefore, what we allow into our minds will eventually come out as words and actions.  Putting a guard on our minds will help change how we think, act and speak toward each other.