Our verse for Today is Psalms 119: verse 11.
“Your Word have I put in my heart that I might not sin”
I don’t like it when someone asks me, “What is your favorite… whatever?” I rarely know my favorite thing. I prefer the question, “What is one of your favorite.”
However, Psalms 119: verse 11 is close to being my favorite verse in the Psalms. This verse tells me how to avoid sin. The way to do that is to put the word of God into your heart. Of course, the heart means the mind; that is, what you think about and remember. If you want to avoid a sinful activity, then don’t spend your time thinking about it.
This is also a great truth in psychology. If you want to stay on a diet, don’t think about hot donuts or that second helping of potatoes. If you break this rule, you will break your diet! It is true for any sin.
What you put in your heart, what you think about all the time, is what you will be more likely to do.
So, if there is something you are struggling with, cast the thought from your mind. By the way, the way not to think about something is to think about something else. Nature abhors a vacuum. So does our heart. Fill it with good thoughts.
I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.