He Touched My Mind

I love that song, "Look What the Lord Has Done"! He truly has touched my mind so many times and continues to do so as I wash it with His Word. Learning to take every thought captive is quite a discipline and takes a willingness on our end to see and think of things differently. Our heightened emotions must become completely surrendered to His Word.

The last two nights I have found to be great reminders of the deliverance that God has brought into my life. For most of my life, I was terrified of thunder storms. At the sound of them I would flee to my basement and rock back and forth in self comfort. Just seeing the clouds roll in would begin the tormenting process of my mind.

Right after I asked Jesus to be my Lord and Savior, this was one of the first areas that God touched in my mind as he taught me the power of His word and taught me how to trust in Him. It began with the usual trip to the basement, but with my Bible in my hand. I would sit there in the midst of the thunderous sounds reading the Word of God out loud. The next time, not only would I read the Word out loud, but I also started to pray out loud the Truths that I knew. Little by little I saw and received the comfort and deliverance of the Lord. After a couple of seasons of summertime storms, I no longer ran for the basement, but was able to stay upstairs. Today I can even look at them with amazement from my window as I stand in awe of God's great display of power.

This morning I am reminded of the very Word that taught me the discipline needed to bring deliverance to my mind. It is found in Philippians 4:6-9 and it says this, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, 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. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me - put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."

God doesn't take the storms of life away, but he can change how we respond to them. He is the peace in the midst of the storm. Surrender your anxious thoughts to God and allow him to touch your mind.