"Commit to The LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:3 (NIV) The King James Version of this verse reads: "Commit thy works unto The LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established."
These are the words of King Solomon, the wisest man that ever lived. (1 Kings 3:12) His divinely inspired word to the people was that if they committed their efforts to pleasing The Lord God, then their thoughts and plans would be purified and brought to fruition.
All to often our thoughts are not pure, they are sinful more often than they are not. Our sinful words and deeds begin as sinful thoughts and plans. Even when we do not act upon them, our sinful thoughts are still sins. (Matthew 5:28) We are what we think, and as we think, so we are. (Proverbs 23:7) On judgment day, we will also be judged on our thoughts and the intents of our heart. (Hebrews 4:12) The Lord knows our thoughts. (Psalms 94:11 and 1 Corinthians 3:20) The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to The Lord. (Proverbs 15:26) We need to renew our minds, and pray. (Romans 12:2) We need to pray about everything, read The Word of God, and think about things which are true, right, pure, lovely, admirable, and worthy of praise. (Philippians 4:6-8) We need to commit ourselves to The Lord and to His way. We need to let the mind which is in Christ Jesus be in us also. (Philippians 2:5) We need to pray that The Lord will create within us a clean heart and mind. (Psalms 51:10)
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