Today's short thoughts will be from Hebrews 11:15, where we find great insight into fighting the good fight of faith. The Hebrew author writes, "And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return." Oh, how important are the things that we think about; the things we choose to occupy our minds with.
Opportunity to return to the world and its ways is all around us. Look to the left and it is there. Look to the right and it is there also. Look behind you and you will see that opportunity is there as well. But we can avoid these "opportunities" by "fixing our eyes on Jesus", "looking for new heavens and a new earth" and by "seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God." Opportunity to return to the world, that "country" from which we have come out of, our "Egypt" if you will, is not there. Praise God. Oh, the wisdom of our gracious Lord! Looking unto Jesus is the good way, the safe way, the only way for the child of God.
What then shall we think on? What will we occupy our minds with? In Philippians 4:8 the Apostle Paul wrote, "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things." Nothing is more true, more honorable, more right, of greater purity, more lovely, of greater consideration, of more excellence or worthy of any greater praise, than Jesus. This is what we are called to "dwell on". Dwell on Jesus. Dwell on the truths of His word and His wondrous ways. This is one of God's gracious provisions to keep us from the "opportunities" that are all around us, beckoning us to return to the world.
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