A wise man once said, ‘people don’t think’ but I believe people think but not just the right thoughts. Thinking is probably the most difficult thing to do on earth. It’s very important to use the Mind well and positively by thinking right, it’s the place of incubating ideas and processing words before acting them out and developing our character.
The Bible tells us about what to Think on so that we can become what God wants us to be. Paul was a Man of great words and deep spirituality because of many things, one of which was his mindset. Solomon says, ‘as a man thinks, so is he…’ (Prov 23 v 7) meaning we are our thoughts not our thoughts make us who we are.
Social media has indeed become a place of expressing social madness in the name of liberty. The other day, someone showed me a lady’s nude picture in front of her 7 year old son, she was stark naked and claimed she wanted to show the Innocent boy how she gave birth to him years before. I didn’t see any show of wisdom and wit but rather insanity in the name of liberty, it’s sheer child abuse on social media.
Let me Inspire you on what to Think on and how to guard Your pure minds jealously from the deadly influences out there in the digital space. We have to go back to biblical reason by embracing God’s wise counsel in managing our thoughts by simply obeying Paul’s advice to the Philippians when he said, ‘…Think on These Things’ (Phil. 4 v 8)
‘finally brethren, whatsoever things are TRUE, whatsoever things are HONEST, whatsoever things are JUST, whatsoever things are PURE, whatsoever things are of GOOD REPORT, if there be any VIRTUE, and if there be any PRAISE, think on these things (Philippians 4 v 8).
Let’s take a closer look at the 7 Pillars of Moral Thoughts and Good thinking.
7 PILLARS OF MORAL THOUGHTS
- TRUE: Paul started with truth not falsehood. Many people don’t fact-check the information they spread on social media, they just push out so much gossip and rumours because of the ‘breaking news’ syndrome. We want to be the first to break it even if it’s not fact checked. We should ONLY share true news and not peddle falsehood, let’s always check what we believe and get it right.
- HONEST: We are to concentrate our minds on Honest things not dishonest things. That’s why I’m unhappy at the way young people follow criminals on social media when they know the source of their wealth and are aware that it was gotten through dishonest means. Let’s once again love Honest hard-working people not follow terrible corrupt Politicians and fraudsters.
- JUST: Thinking on Just and Fair things is simply morally right. We should push Justice for the women who are Raped, fight for the weak and feeble in our land, ponder on Justice and Equity at workplace and Meditate constantly on these things only. God hates injustice and so should we, we serve a Just God and we must reflect that in our walk with Him.
- PURE: To become Pure in life starts with cultivating a Pure mind and not otherwise. I ask you to think only Pure Thoughts and not Impure thoughts of betrayals, pornography, slander, and evil intent. Let’s all ask God to purify our hearts.
- GOOD REPORT: This is where a believer should be different from an unbeliever, getting it right with the report we share always reveals a lot about us and our character. We should not be hasty in sharing Bad Reports about people in our church, workplace, household, and family. Many people share Bad Reports like its gospel and it’s certainly not.
- VIRTUE: Paul says we should Think On Things That Are Virtuous, we should devote our minds to Think on things that have Virtues not Vices, to Think on them is to like those thoughts and embrace them joyfully. Many people magnify Vices like Lying, Cheating, Stealing, Betrayals, Slandering etc. They are simply Vices and not Virtues regardless of who is practicing them, the actors don’t make it right.
- PRAISE: Let me ask you a question, do you think people will Praise you if they Know the Thoughts of your heart? if the answer is NO, then don’t think about those things. Think only about things that can project Praise and Praiseworthy actions, don’t think on things that will bring shame not Praise.
These are the 7 Pillars of Moral Thoughts that we should all devote our minds to process as Thoughts regularly.
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