By Peter Kennedy
“Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.” – 2 Peter 3:1
Peter Horrobin, in a devotional about “Wholesome Thinking” wrote the following:
“Everything we do in life – whether it be good or bad – always begins with a thought. Then as we think about it, we decide to do it and finally we involve our body in the action that began as a thought. Now, if our thinking is always wholesome, then it’s obvious that the actions that follow will also be wholesome. But if in our minds we dwell on the ungodly, the unwholesome, the crude, the selfish and the greedy, to quote but a few possibilities, then our consequential actions will also be a reflection of what we’ve been thinking. What a contrast between the two sets of actions!
Peter’s advice holds good for us now. No wonder Paul encouraged us to take every thought captive, for if we control our thinking then our ways will truly be guided by the Lord into the ways of righteousness and the ways of blessing.”
So how do we stimulate wholesome thoughts? The Apostle Peter gives us the answer that He wrote two letters to stimulate us. Today in prayer, thank the Lord for His Word. Spend some extra time reading it, memorizing it and meditating on its great promises.
“Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.” – James Lane Allen
God’s Word: “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 10:5
