The war of our affections...
Fix your minds with the bayonet of God's word, and stab
vigorously and continuously at every thought that desires to unseat the glory
of God in your mind!
"Humility is the displacement of self by the
enthronement of God." ― Andrew Murray, Humility
But -- don't forget! -- it is a headlong, outright, full-on,
knuckle banging, teeth grinding, bloody mess of a war to rid ourselves of
stinking thinking! It is war! Let us be about it!
It is nasty, this business...
It is sneak attacks,
open field,
breach busting,
beach landing,
trench trudging,
sniper dangering,
bloody war to unseat from our own pleasures, affections and considerations
ourselves as the center of the universe and proclaim with every star that
preaches night after night "the glory of God"; not just upon the
empty plains and forested glens, but upon my own mind and heart "the glory
of God" (see Psalm 19).
But much lays at stake...
"For although they knew God, they did not honor him as
God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their
foolish hearts were darkened." (Romans 1:21 ESV)
May God be first in our minds...
the most in our hearts...
the best in our souls...
the greatest upon our lips...
the grandest in our gaze...
the most superb delight of our strength!
"His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor
his pleasure in the legs of a man, but the LORD takes pleasure in those who
fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love." (Psalm 147:10-11 ESV)
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