YOU CONTROL THE DOORWAY Psalm 119:145-149
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I wait for Your words. My eyes anticipate the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word. (vv147-
Studies show that we talk to ourselves up to
thirty thousand times a day. There is always something playing in our minds.
The Scripture tells us to meditate on God’s promises. The word meditate means
“to think about over and over.” We need to pay attention to what we’re
meditating on.
Meditating is the same principle as worrying. When you worry, you’re just
meditating on the wrong thing. You’re using your faith in reverse. If you go
through the day worried about your finances, worried about your family, and
worried about your future because you’re allowing the wrong thoughts to play,
it’s going to cause you to be anxious, fearful, negative, and discouraged. The
whole problem is what you’re choosing to meditate on. You control the doorway
to your mind. When those negative thoughts come knocking, you don’t have to
answer the door. You can say, “No, thanks. I’m going to choose to meditate on
what God says about me.”
PRAYER LINE: “Father, thank You for giving me Your promises to meditate upon. Thank You that Your Word instructs me to think on things that are true, right, wholesome, pure, and of good report. I declare that my trust is in You alone and not in anything else. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
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