The WORD of GOD is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating to the division of soul and spirit, both of joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
Let no one suppose that one's thoughts are not known to The LORD, for HE has a window into the closest closet of the soul, a window to which we supposedly think there are no shutters. As we watch bees in a glass hive, so does the eye of The LORD see us. The BIBLE says, "Hell and destruction are before The LORD: How much more then the hearts of the children of men? "
But some will say that they cannot help having bad thoughts: that may be so, but the question really is, "Do you hate them or not? " We cannot help the birds flying over our heads, but we may keep them from building their nests in our hair. Vain thoughts will knock at the door, but we must not open to them. Though sinful thoughts rise, they must not reign. He who turns a morsel over and over in his mouth does not do so because he likes the flavor; and he who meditates upon evil, loves it and is ripe to commit to it. THINK OF THE DEVIL AND HE WILL APPEAR; TURN YOUR THOUGHTS TOWARDS SIN, AND YOUR HANDS WILL SOON FOLLOW.
Snails leave their slime behind them, so do vain thoughts. An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace, but an ill thought always leaves a trail like a serpant. Where there is much traffic of bad thinking, there will be much mire and durt; every wave of wicked thought adds something to the corruption which rots upon the shore of life.
To keep the chaff out of a bushel, one sure plan is to fill it full of wheat; and to keep out vain thoughts it is wise and prudent to have the mind stored with choice subjects for meditation; these are easy to find, and we should never be without them.
- Charles H. Spurgeon
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