Do you think you would do “that” freely if you stood before the throne of the Most High God?  Do you believe that thought would be acceptable as you stood there and let Him inspect your very being?  Has the awe of God’s Holiness struck you like a lightning bolt?  Do you conceive the nature of pure purity?

If you want to grow in Christ then submit everything that you are and have to Him.  Tell Him that you want Him to weed out the things in your life that are not His.  Then stand as strongly as you can as you see things ripped away.  He will take you at your word and begin.

We cannot grow in Christ if we love the things of this world more than service to Him.  Along that vein comes another aspect of great importance.  The Apostle Paul pointed it out in 2nd Corinthians 10:5.  “. . . and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

Among the things we own let us not forget our mind.  Every man is full of thoughts that are inappropriate before the Holy Lord’s throne.  As surely as the Lord is willing to clean up our things, He is also willing to clean up our thoughts.

Listen to what you are thinking.  Not only when you are in prayer but throughout every hour of every day.  Compare it to the gospel of Christ Jesus.  If what you are thinking is not aligned with what you have read, take it to Him.  Let Him inspect it.  Let Him help you get your thoughts under control.

What a man believes determines what he does.  As we allow ourselves to think, so we are.

The man of God can expect to become of “sound mind”.  This is a promise from the Lord.  It is also a sign of fruit from the Holy Spirit.

The purity of the Lord Jesus is far above the purity of man.  Yet He is willing, even anxious, to witness His ways appear within His people.

I have written this for encouragement sake.  We do not need to be like a fish who is left on the sand of the beach.  We no longer need to flounder about without hope.  We are pulled from the sea of men so that we can walk as true men.

Apply these things and you will prove His willingness to love you.

By His Grace