Mom Heart Moments #208

Love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind.

OFTEN IN OUR TIME IN HISTORY, we think of worship as singing, praising, and lifting our hands up to God. But while all these may be part of worship, to truly worship God means to honor Him and to place Him as the lens through which we see and live our lives.

We are told to worship Him with our mind. Filling our minds with truth, pondering Christ, cherishing that which is holy is a part of this worship. God admonishes us to delight ourselves in His law in Psalm 1, which indicates we need to hide His Word in our hearts and minds and think true thoughts.

We are told to think only on things that are worthy of Him: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable —if anything is excellent or praiseworthy —think about such things” (Philippians 4:8, NIV).

I have never met a wise spiritual leader who did not think deeply, clearly, and well. My spiritual mentors are those who cause me to think more highly of God, who sharpen me with their ponderings of God, eternity, truth, and doctrine.

You cannot build your children into people who seek to be worthy of God and to be excellent in all their ways, unless you also invest in their minds. The foundations of their thinking patterns, vocabulary, and ideas must be cultivated. When you become a steward of what they think, your own life is enriched. And so worshiping God with our minds requires commitment, planning, and intention.

If we are to be worthy stewards of truth, we must mind our minds —that we might truly worship.

Evaluate your own thoughts today. Does your mind cherish God and treat Him as holy? Do you regularly feed your thoughts on truth, greatness, and beauty?