The Holy Spirit, through Paul, is telling us not to dwell on those negative things. Instead, Paul said to let God’s peace guard your hearts and minds. Trust that God is in control. Let the peace that passeth understanding cover your mind and heart. Then, we can use our brain cells for more productive things, like thinking about or dwelling on honest, just, pure, lovely, good, virtuous, and praiseworthy things that will lift our spirits and give us a better outlook on life.
HOLY GOD By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD Isaiah 6:1-8, NKJV 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two...
We are called to be holy, and that holiness is the result of our covenant relationship with God through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This relationship with God calls us to be a holy nation in a sinful society; to be lights in the darkness; to speak truth to deception; to live right and do right in a do-wrong world. Jesus said believers are in the world, but we are not of the world (Jn 17:15-16). Instead, our citizenship is in heaven, our identity is Jesus Christ. He set the standard and now by faith, we press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Ph 3:14).
