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"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, 'He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness.'” 1 Corinthians 3:19
"For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life" (Galatians 6:8, ESV).
"And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise" (Philippians 4:8, NLT).
"You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God" (James 4:4, NLT).
"And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength" (NLT).
"Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude" (1 Peter 3:8, NLT).
There is a great deal of buzz these days about mental health and giving it its proper stigma-less due. If I may be so bold, the track toward mental health seems to be missing the one most important element.
God.
He is the creator of our minds, so He should know best, right?
Americans take 12 different pills a day, make regular appointments with their therapist, cling to social media stronger than any childhood teddy bear, and are more messed up, desensitized, twisted, scattered and confused than ever before. While good, godly counsel certainly has its proper place in our lives, what if we were honest enough to examine all the rest in light of God's perspective found in Scripture? The mind is, in fact, the battlefield.
Here is what we find in God's Word:
First, what we feed is what will grow.
Second, the mind must be focused intentionally on that which feeds the soul.
Third, you can't please Jesus and the world at the same time.
Mark 12:30 goes on to tell us this:
Committing our minds to these practices brings true mental health—regardless of what anyone in the world, near or far, may think or have to say about it.
Goodnight, Runners.
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