Reprogramming your mind isn’t just a matter of avoiding negative influences. If indifferent company is a danger, it stands to reason that good company is a help. The apostle Paul said to Titus that a church leader should be a “lover of good men” (Titus 1:8), which is sound advice to anyone. Fellowship with positive, Spirit-filled, Christ-centered people will assist you in programming your mind because it will surround you with positive affirmations. How do you recognize a good person? Read a few of the key features as laid down by Scripture. A good person is:
1. Content whatever his situation (Philippians 4:11).
2. Always rejoicing in the Lord (Philippians 4:4).
3. Ready to give thanks in all things (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
4. Confident that he has all and abounds (Philippians 4:18).
5. Living abundantly (John 10:10).
Seek out people like that. Positive Christian fellowship is one of the riches you enjoy as a child of the King, one of your privileges as a member of God’s family. Use that privilege. Paul was not ashamed to tell the churches he had founded to imitate him in the faith. So if you find Christians who, like Paul, lead lives worthy of imitation, use them as models to reprogram your mind.
Try to resist negative thoughts and ideas by leaving no room for them. Fill your mind with the good, the wholesome, the honest, the uplifting. Reject negative thoughts, but welcome the positive. That was Paul’s parting advice to the Philippians:
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things (Philippians 4:8).
At first, thought control will take a little effort. But with practice it can soon become a way of life. J.E. Haggai.
I. L. SAMBO ESQ.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, ARBITRATOR &
CAPITAL MARKET CONSULTANT.
Abuja – Nigeria.
EMAIL: ilsambo@yahoo.com
8/2/2012
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