May 25, 2025

Minding Your Thoughts

A Biblical Overview of Obtaining and Maintaining a Biblical Thought Life

Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Priorities: every person lives by priorities. They may be misplaced, but they are priorities, nonetheless. One of the battles each believer in Jesus Christ struggles with is maintaining the proper priorities in life. If you want to understand the priorities of your life, ask those who are close to you to list your priorities. Others see us as we really are, our minds can deceive us, but there is no deception in how we live.

Of course, our number one priority should be God Himself. For we are to love Him with all our heart, all our mind, and with all our strength, this should be the top priority (Deuteronomy 6:5). Everything else is to be second to Him.  Debates may rage over what is second, third, or fourth, and so on, but one thing is clear, He is to be number one.  In our time, our money, our habits, our worship, our church work, our recreation, our marriages, everything. He is to be the top priority. All other priorities are determined by age, responsibility, marital status, financial condition, etc.

In our verse today the Lord is teaching us about priority. He says that life is more important than what we eat.  Our body is more important than what we wear. Yet so much thought is given to eating and dressing, so much more than is needed. It’s enough to eat enough to live. It’s enough to cover up the body with modest apparel. Yes, we must eat, and we must cover our bodies, but in relation to the real priorities of life these pale in comparison. Always remember, proper priorities begin with proper thoughts.

May the Lord bless and be pleased with your thought life today.

Dr. William T. Howe