Day 13 of 29 | ReSET my Thoughts

Have you ever experienced a struggle in your mind?

Perhaps you find yourself wondering HOW COME your plans keep failing or
you are not at ease as you ponder WHERE in life do you go next or
Find yourself going back and forth as to WHY did you lose that job/offer or
perhaps like in Davids you are plagued with WHY you lost that battle.

If your mind constantly engaged in these wrestling matches, you may find yourself in a place where doubt, depression and isolation have you pinned to the mat.

Did you know that your thoughts and your thinking has the power to affect your perspective? And just like in the WWF we must realize that so much of it is really not real.

David has what I would consider a very open and honest relationship with God.  He found himself wondering if he was forgotten, if God didn’t notice his situation.  I believe his situation and the whispering of the enemy created a struggle .  He was struggling with a number of things in his mind; including self-worth and feeling forgotten and hinted how he is tired of trying to work things out.  He eloquently uses the phrase  “How long must I wrestle with thoughts….” Which can be translated as How long must I take counsel in my soul?.  David was tired of coming up with his own plans and solutions to his problems. If we choose to continue to wrestle with our thoughts then we will often find ourself in a match that God never intended for us to fight.  Be reminded in what Paul writes to the Church of Ephesus in Ephesians 6: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood…..”

David moves from
1. Expressing feeling of despair to
2. Acknowledging his struggle to.
3. Receiving an answer to
4. Having his faith restored to
5. Worship amidst affliction

[Prayer]
Lord Jesus, you know my thoughts, my fears and my doubts.  I am tired of the inner-fight, of the battle that rages in my mind.  Restore my faith and dependence in you. Let me welcome the gift of your care and love and avoid the doubleteam troublemakers called [fear] and [doubt].  I pray for a complete renewal of my mind.  A reset of my thinking and a revival of my praise.  Amen

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