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Men of Integrity, May/Jun 2001
Bungee Thoughts
This Week's Theme: Tuning in to God
Thursday, May 10
Key Bible Verse: On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. (Psalm 63:6).
Bonus Reading: Psalm 77:1-12
What do you think about again and again when your mind's not engaged with work or with someone else? For myself, I've come up with: thinking about myself as a successful athlete or businessman. Imagining or hoping people will think I'm an extremely intelligent person. Thinking about sex.
Each of these thoughts is like a rubber ball on a string tied to the center of your mind. You throw it out and get busy with the work of the day. But when you're alone, back it comes to sit in the middle of the stage of your attention. Whatever you focus this hottest intensity of your mind on is very likely what you worship instead of Jesus Christ!
I'm not implying that Christ says it's wrong to love one's children or wife or vocation. But it's dysfunctional to love them more than God. Making idols of them ruins them and us.
The things which keep us from a live relationship to Christ are often not the "bad" things in our lives, but the good things which capture our imaginations and keep them from focusing on God. We've never offered Him the one thing He requires—our primary love.
—Keith Miller in The Taste of New Wine.
Respond:
Where do my thoughts turn when my mind is in "neutral"?
Thought to Apply:
Modern mankind can. … be completely curious about the universe. But only a rare person. … is curious enough to want to know God.
—A. W. Tozer (Illinois pastor)
Adapted from: The Taste of New Wine (Paraclete, 1965)
For your convenience, The Taste of New Wine is available in the ChristianityToday.com bookstore.
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Prayer for the Week |
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Father, I know You are real, but this week I want to really sense Your presence.
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