Last night, I found myself mulling over intrusive thoughts.
As the name suggests, intrusive thoughts are unwelcome thoughts that suddenly enter our minds needing our meditation on them. They don't define us, but if we choose to dwell on them, we give them the opportunity to make a home in our minds.
One of the biggest contributors to intrusive thoughts is anxiety and of anxiety this is what your Father says ;
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you (1 Peter 5:7)
And;
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus ( Philippians 4:6)
The mind which is the centre of our thoughts is meant to be guarded, shielded, and sheltered by the peace of God. And this isn't ordinary peace, It is the peace that surpasses all understanding.
So when an intrusive thought creeps in, God's invitation isn't to panic, it is to take that thought captive and bring it into obedience to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5)
Taking a thought captive looks like filtering it through the lens of God's Word.
Is it True,Is it noble,is it pure,is it lovely,is it of a good report?
Does it agree with God's character?
Does it align with what He says about me?
If the answer is no, then it doesn't deserve a contemplation seat in my mind lest it sows a corrupt seed .
In Isaiah 26:3 God gives us this beautiful promises ;
I keep in perfect peace him whose mind is stayed on Me, because he trusts in Me.
Perfect peace is possible. Not because everything around you is okay but because your mind is stayed on the One who is faithful
Set your mind things above where Christ is because you've been raised with Him.
DailyWell-Peace ✨
