Transform

Jay & I were on our way home from Wichita Falls today after picking the kids up from school. He was in the middle of telling me something about this house he had been building and I found myself drifting off into one of those daydream thoughts. You know the type. You're standing in a room and things are happening around you and you are imagining what you'll do or say and how the situation will turn out. I don't have many of these, so this one really bothered me. When I came back to my conversation with Jay, he had no idea I had drifted out of the van and off into another place. I had to ask him to repeat what he had said and I felt bad about the fact that I had tuned him out.

The thoughts I was having weren't very nice. I was imagining a family situation that has been in the forefront of my mind lately. I was rehearsing what I would say to people if things didn't turn out the way I wanted them to turn out. I realized I have been spending a great deal of time worrying about something that may not ever take place, but I had been fantasizing about my reaction to the situation if it should become reality in the future. Sounds ridiculous doesn't it? Like I don't have enough to be concerned with in this present time that I need to create possible scenarios to fill my mind.

Why do I do this?

As I try to let God transform me into the likeness of His Son Jesus, I should be taking every thought captive and bringing those thoughts into submission to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 "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."

This is my goal this week, to listen the Spirit as He speaks truth to me and to think on those things that are good for me to dwell on.

Philippians4:8 "Finally,brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right,whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Join me if you like. We can be rebels together......"Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect." Romans 12:2 NLT