Friday, February 18, 2011

A terrible thing to waste!


A mind really is a terrible thing to waste isn't it?

Our mind is funny (but not really). It seems to go wherever it wants sometimes without ever asking permission. Many people catch themselves day dreaming about nothing important or almost anything. But the dangerous thing is, that the places our mind likes to take us to the most, are normally not places it needs to be going at all. All sorts of thoughts go through our head each day. Some good, others bad. Everything from memories from the past, to funny movies that we saw. But one thing is for sure... our mind is NEVER empty.

The fact is, our thoughts are sort of like a car. You can crank it up and step on the pedal, but if you don't control it, you will crash. Our minds need to be controlled. Our thoughts are the beginning of our actions, so we need to control them. No one would try to drive a car blind folded. So why let your mind roam without restraints to any far away place it so chooses? You have to grab hold of the steering wheel in your head and control your thoughts.

Sure there is no way to stop any and all bad thoughts from entering your mind. But one thing is for sure, you can stop them from staying. You have to reject bad thoughts and quickly move on the thinking about something better.

I met a women one day who lost her mother 20yrs before the day we met. And up to that day, she still cried everyday over her mother, and never managed to move forward. How many young people use the fact that they don't have a dad, and can't forget that he walked out on them, as an excuse for failure? They do this, because their mind is constantly thinking about the bad things that happened. So much so that they never move forward. Your thoughts can build you or break you. Even Jesus said that it's not what goes into a person that corrupts them, but what goes out. Where does what goes out originate? In your mind!

So we need to be very careful with our thoughts. Don't waste your mind on none sense. And don't let garbage from around you fill your head. Think about what is good, let go of the past. No matter how hard it may be to do, just let go. It's not worth holding onto things that hurt you.

And be careful with the media, music, gossip, etc. They can all fill your head with negativity. Choose you conversations wisely, and especially the ones that are not positive. And when you can't avoid listening to negative words, dismiss them from your mind as quickly as they entered. Don't hold a grudge, don't hate, don't seek revenge.

Remember it's your life. When you focus on negativity, you are allowing another person or thing to control your life.
Your mind is the car... but you are the driver.

11 comments:

  1. That's exactly right pastor... Everything starts in our minds. The greatest ideas that have helped humanity move into the future and even the ones that have destroyed much of what was once good started with just one thought. People these days are always wondering and worrying about what others are THINKING about them, but our lives will never depend on what goes on in other peoples' mind but what goes on in our own. Even God THOUGHT of us before He made us.....

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  2. Its very true because my mind use to always wonder, I always use to allow my mind to be contaminated by the things I watched but they were the things I enjoyed to watch. And to me it didn't seem so bad but it was because the only thing which was on that particular channel was only negative things which would enter into my mind and make me remember the past. With this message I will continue to control my mind not allowing it to enter wherever it wants.

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  3. Truly, we need to be the boss of our mind by refusing to give in to negative thoughts.

    How many times we thought about a person's action or a situation that never actually happened, solely in our minds, shaping the way we react to that person and the way we see our life. Although, the reality is completely different.

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  4. Great, our mind is a stage, we are the actors, we create the play. We must control each speech or it will be bad for ourselves!

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  5. That is true pastor we have to control our thoughts instead of our thoughts controling us. If a bad thought comes into our head we should rebuke that thought.

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  6. The part about young people making bad experiences excuses for failure reminds me of how I used to think! That never got me anywhere at all. Time can pass by but if your mind is stuck in one place you be dragged right back! Like being stuck in a big rubber band! Your mind is filled by what you feed it so we need to fill it productively =D

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  7. This is so true, we have control of our thoughts, and this blog reminded me of once where my pastor told me we cant stop birds from flying over our head, but we can stop it from laying a nest. Sometimes I allow my thoughts to take control without even noticing, and I have to be very careful, and not be a prey to my thoughts. The thing is once we realise how much power we have over our thoughts , we will overcome, but only then. This blog is very strong
    Dami

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  8. Yes, we really need to control our thoughts. My mind tends to wonder alot of the time to. Our minds our very powerful in a good and sometimes bad way. This was very good topic to talk about, thanks :)

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  9. "Our thoughts are the beginning of our actions..." - so true. Therefore, what one listens to and thinks can become a reality, either for good or for bad. This blog is strong! - the importance of controlling one's thoughts. Sabrina, London.

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  10. I like the example you gave about our mind being the car and us being the driver, this post helped me when I was going through a hard time in my spiritual life I was bombarded with evil thoughts constantly, and I remember when I read this post I finally realised that I was in charge it was like the penny dropped and I decided that I was finally going to take the steering wheel of my mind.So first I wanna thank God for speaking this to you and thanks pr for letting Him use you by sharing this post.

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  11. Very touchy point, our mind never rest, it is always trying to think of something good or bad, but what i find that works to keep negative thoughts out of our mind is to start thinking of ways to improve, new ideas, just ways to have a positive outlook on what's around us.

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