Is there a creator?

Bad Thoughts.

Psalm 10 verse 4:-   4 In his haughtiness, the wicked man makes no investigation; All his thoughts are: “There is no God.”

Do you have occasional bad thoughts? Do you find this occurs when you are tired or surfing the internet, and maybe you alight on a page by mistake that for a moment because of it's graphic nature creates wrong ideas in your imperfect mind? Or perhaps you are walking down a street to the local shops, and a very pretty young lady walks passed who is dressed very sparsely as they often do these days? Your eyes cannot avoid seeing these things that occur accidentally, but how does your mind react to these unwanted experiences? The same problem is faced by women who may find themselves lingering slightly longer while looking at the good looking young man who crosses the road in front of you?

Being a Christian man or woman does not make you immune to these occasional encounters, but how you react is of vital importance! Once you have seen something, it is very difficult to un-see it, and you may often find that you have a war going on between the vision that is now in your mind and the fight to remove it? But you can win the fight, it takes a strong will to control your mind and thoughts, to not linger on the vision, to throw the bad thought out, to refuse mentally to dwell on it!

Job Shows the Way!

Job chapter 31 verse 1:-   1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. So how could I show improper attention to a virgin?"

Our main reason to keep our minds clean from corrupting influences is our need to please Jehovah, and our desire to remain faithful. The Bible warns us that causes for stumbling will come, also that we will all be tested! As a result, we must learn to remove the temptation from our minds before they have rooted themselves in our consciousness.

Bad thoughts do not only arise from wrong sexual thinking, they can also occur because we desire money, or material things that we do not really have a need for. The need to better oneself is not wrong in itself, but the desire can become an obsession that can take over, and cause us to relegate our spiritual need to second place in our lives. This is a danger that sadly has caused some to leave the truth in order to pursue worldly desires!

The World or The Truth?

Ephesians chapter 2 verse 3:-   3 Yes, among them we all at one time conducted ourselves in harmony with the desires of our flesh, carrying out the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and we were naturally children of wrath just as the rest.

There is not one single true Christian person alive today who can honestly say " I have not ever had bad thoughts", The apostle Paul correctly pointed to this fact in the scripture above! In order to avoid wrong thinking we would need to be perfect, because an imperfect man or woman does not have perfect control of his mind, and because of this we all need to continually work at avoiding situations that corrupt our thinking, and as a consequence we are always fighting to control our thoughts. This is not an easy thing to accomplish, but the more we throw out wrong thinking, and refuse to let it dominate our minds, the easier it will become to keep control!

We must never fall into the trap of thinking that it doesn't matter, if we do not fight to keep our minds clean, then we are in danger of staying unclean in Jehovah's eyes! Keep the thought of paradise and eternal life active in your mind and pray regularly for help to banish bad thoughts, never give in to temptation, your life depends on it!

Accused or Excused?

Ecclesiastes chapter10 verse 20:-   20 Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, and do not curse the rich in your bedroom; for a bird may convey the sound, or a creature with wings may repeat what was said.

Jehovah knows what we are thinking, nothing escapes his notice whether it is your actions or your thoughts! the above scriptures last sentence is referring to Angels not birds! And to quote another scripture, "there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed",  you cannot fool Jehovah, and as true servants of our God, we would never willingly do that! Love of Jehovah is another reason why we should never dwell on things that displease him!

Remember - We can banish bad thoughts from our minds, but only with Jehovah's spirit to help us! Pray regularly for help to remain faithful, and never give in to wrong thinking! Jehovah will bless your efforts, and even if occasionally we fail, pick yourself back up and continue the fight to do what is right, the rewards of faithfulness are a clear conscience and wonderful future blessings!

Jeremiah chapter 17 verse 10:-   10  I, Jehovah, am searching the heart, Examining the innermost thoughts, To give to each one according to his ways, According to the fruitage of his works.

Never Give Up!