Our bodies and our spirits were made for God! We were created for His pleasure! What an awesome thought! Along with that thought, though, comes the realistic fact that we were not created for our own pleasure. Not that God doesn’t want us to have pleasure in our lives—He certainly does! He made every good thing that we enjoy: food, our families and friends, our work, our homes…all these He has given us for our enjoyment. It is in our flesh that we over-indulge in all these pleasures and put them above the place they were meant to have in our hearts.
We must give each and every day to the Lord. We need to get off our thrones and hand them over to the King of Kings, letting Him rule us during our day. We must stop depending on ourselves to conquer the lies and tactics of the enemy, and depend on the One who already accomplished the conquering.
“Keep your focus on Me. I have gifted you with amazing freedom, including the ability to choose the focal point of your mind. Only the crown of My creation has such remarkable capability; this is a sign of being made in My image.
Let the goal of this day be to bring every thought captive to Me. Whenever your mind wanders, lasso those thoughts and bring them into My Presence. In My radiant Light, anxious thoughts are unmasked as you bask in My unconditional Love. Confused ideas are untangled while you rest in the simplicity of My Peace. I will guard you and keep you in constant Peace, as you focus your mind on Me."*
You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. [Psalm 8:5]*
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. [2 Corinthians 10:5]*
*Sarah Young, Jesus Calling (January 29), ©2004
