Though my husband often goes to U tube, my kids and grandchildren generally listen to music on their phones. Now when I was a teenager in the 50s I had a boom box, but when I was pregnant with my 2nd daughter, my husband was into going to auctions and one day came home with a radio that looked like the one in the picture. It was really old but it actually worked. 13 years later that second daughter got mad and threw her musical recorder and knocked a chip out of the wood. She put a toy on top of it to hide the damage from Dad. LOL
But the radio and it’s dials is what I’d like you to look at. You turned a dial to turn the radio on, you turned a dial for the right volume setting, and you turned a dial to go to the station you wanted to listen to. Now if you wanted to listen to hip hop you wouldn’t go to a country western station.
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, (set their minds on) the things of the Spirit (Romans 8:5 NKJV).
Our own thoughts are often so loud, so consuming (the volume turned up high) we can’t hear GOD. Our thoughts are set on another channel as much as if our radio was set on a rap station while we wanted to hear country.
If we have been enticed to thinking about (our minds set on) on something we want, or how something is not fair, or the problem we are facing will we NOT be able to hear GOD’s voice. Therefore, we have to change stations.
But how can we quiet those thoughts screaming at us? How do we change channels?
Personally, and this is Sharon talking now, the only way that works for me to still those thoughts and change channels is to obey GOD’s clear command in (2 Corinthians 10:5/ Hebrews 4:16/ Proverbs 3:5-7) Take every thought and give them to JESUS. It sounds sort of like this, “This is what I am thinking LORD and I can’t control those thoughts. They so fill my mind I can’t hear YOU!”
Something happens when I discuss my screaming thoughts with JESUS. They shut up and HE takes over. That doesn’t mean I have instant answers but a calm comes over me and somehow I know the next step I need to take (Proverbs 3:5-7a).
hugs
Sharon
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