Our Bible verse for today: “For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart. A good man produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil man produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.” Matthew 12:34-35 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “The condition of your soul determines everything else about you.”
What we allow our minds to dwell on is a crucial aspect of soul-care. When we mull something over and over again, chewing on it like a bull dog on a bone, that thought shapes our soul and becomes deeply imbedded. Then it will ultimately influence the decisions we make, the words we speak, and the actions we take. That’s what Jesus was talking about in Matthew 12:34-35. Whatever it is we have stored up in that innermost place will shape us as a person and ultimately show itself in words and actions.
The great Christian writer Oswald Chambers once explained it like this: “Beware what you brood on in secret, for the fateful opportunity will come when God and the Devil will meet in your soul, and you will do according to your brooding, swept beyond all control. This is a law as sure as God is God. Beware of saying, “Oh well, it doesn’t matter much what I think about in secret.” It does, for the time will come when what you think about in secret will find expression in an act.”
This is why in Philippians 4:8 the Apostle Paul instructed us, “Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable – if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise – dwell on these things.” (HCSB)
The condition of your soul ultimately determines everything else about you, and your soul feeds on the things you choose to dwell on. Feed your soul with good things.
God Bless,
Oak Hill Baptist Church 