Mindful Mind

It’s been said of growing old, “Of all the things I’ve lost, it’s my mind I miss the most.”  I certainly resemble that remark!  Between Mr. Bill and myself, we sure can forget to remember what we were positive we’d never recall.  Yeah, that’s right!

What’s stirs your memory?  Better yet, what is stirred in your memory?  Satan is always eager to bring to mind things to stir us up!  When our minds are left to wander, we fritter away precious time spent otherwise constructively.  Peter writes, “This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.” (2 Peter 3:1-2)  Keeping the mind in-check, pure – well, that’s a full-time never-ending task!  Peter writes of what it takes to keep the Believer’s mind focused on living holy.  We live in a time when the world mocks Christ by glamorizing sin, making it preferable in every way.  As followers of Christ, we won’t identify sin nor see it for what it is unless The Truth is ever before us.  The Word of God, by the work of the Holy Spirit, stirs  the sincerity of Believers’ minds to recall the words and commands of Christ.  Satan will see and seize every opportunity to do his work in us when we neglect God’s Word.  Determine by the grace of God to STAY IN THE WORD, remain FAITHFUL TO THE WORD, and be OBEDIENT TO THE WORD.  It’s the only way to have a mindful mind!