What are you reading? What are you watching on tv? Or listening to on the radio? Is there a blog or a podcast you’re following? The reason I’m asking is because these forms of information can have direct impacts on our lives. How is that?
What we are thinking does. Our thoughts do. If they are toxic, they can negatively affect our lives. Our relationships. Our everything‘s. I’m not saying that what you are reading, watching, listening to, etc., are bad. What I’m saying is that “how” you take all that in can be. How you let them impact how you think can be. It’s no secret that I am a 1980s hair band fan. Def Leppard. Motley Crue. Metallica. But they are simply entertaining to me. I don’t let them control how I view things. How I see things. How I think things.
I’m not trying to tell you what to listen to or watch. I’m just trying to tell you that our thoughts do matter. They matter more than we realize. They matter because they are important in determining who we are. Who we become. They matter because they can keep us from God‘s truth. And that’s where the danger lies. Toxic thoughts can destroy us. Without us even realizing it. They can tear our lives apart. They can ruin our relationships. Maybe it’s time to analyze our thoughts and see how they are directing us. Maybe it’s time to let God‘s word take over and let God take control of our thoughts. If we do that, he will take control. And how awesome will that be!
