Friday May 5, 2017
I find myself dwelling on thoughts like if only, what if, or I should have.
Bad self-evaluation keeps us focused on ourselves and the things we should have done, ought to do, and will do.
We dwell on our guilt over sin, shame over sins done to us, and regrets over what we wish had happened.
We don?t have to listen to ourselves.
Instead, we can talk back to ourselves.
We can take our thoughts captive.
We can speak the truth of God?s word to our hearts, for the word has the power to change and transform us.
The gospel isn?t something we respond to once in our life at the moment of salvation. It?s something we respond to and apply to our life each and every day.
We need to preach the gospel to ourselves, remembering all that we have in Christ.
We cling to the precious reality that God, who didn?t spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will certainly give us everything we need.
When it comes to our overthinking, we need to rebuke and correct ourselves with the truths of what Jesus has done, what he is doing, and what he will do.
When our thoughts turn inward and we fail to remember God?s grace, he continues to give more grace.
God?s grace doesn?t depend on our thoughts about God, but his thoughts toward us.
If you tend toward overthinking like me… know yourself, know your tendencies, but most of all, know the truth.
Jesus died for your what if anxieties, and he won?t let you fall into despair when you cling to his precious promises.
Prayer: “God, thank you for being bigger than my thoughts. Help me to take my thoughts captive and to rememeber who you are, who I am, and what you are doing in me and through me. In your name I pray, Amen.”
-Whitney Flach
