What happens when your thinking goes off wandering into things that are not true?

A tiny, early in the day post of mine from several years ago was this: “Good morning! God is with you – and what if He’s actually happy about that? What if being with you is His big time plan for today?”

Well that’s nice. However.

My first-moment thoughts of the day are not always clean and sparkling, shiny and noble. Sunshine! Sometimes they are heavy and foreboding, dark and twisted. Fortunately, I have another Thinker, Who doesn’t always wait for my thinker to get thinking in the right direction.

Just this morning, as I was being lulled into reasons for being downcast in the day ahead (“I won’t succeed.” “I’ll never get it done.” “It won’t be any good…because I’m not any good.”), the following words appeared in my mind as though my own: “My yoke is easy and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:30). “Aha! There you are!” I thought. “You’re here, right here with me. And we’ll be together today, just as fruitful as you intend. Thank you for thinking for me, Lord. Will you think with me throughout the day?” His response was, “What do you think?” I loved it.

Now those are good thoughts.

If your thinker goes screwy sometimes, you’re not alone. And oftentimes the way through it is to rethink what you’re thinking: “Wait! Why am I thinking lies? I know the truth, I live by the truth, and the truth is . . .” That’s guarding your thinker. That’s important. (See Colossians 3:1-4.) But sometimes the Perfect Thinker Himself thinks for us, proving Himself in us and for us, guarding us. Oh, how I love that. I like being guarded by the Spirit, don’t you? We’re not alone. We’re not the only guard. And He proves again that being with us is His big time plan for the day.

Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Who’s peace is it? It’s His peace. It’s Him guarding you.

2 Timothy 1:14 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you – guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

I’m glad that He is my Perfect Thinker. See you later.