2 Corinthians 4: 16
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
The most important part of our humanity is not our bodies but our minds, because this the place where we fight and ultimately win the battle against sin.
Our bodies will perish. That is the lot of mankind because of sin. But, the bible tells us that our inward man, in our mind, can be given life day by day, as long as we are connected with Christ. And so the most important thing that we should be focusing on is strengthening our minds on God.
When we study God’s word and meditate on Him our minds become strengthened more and more. When we stop to think about the matchless love of God in giving His Son to save us from sin, then our minds and renewed and fortified to fight the battles against the enemy of souls.
When we think about heavenly things, our faith in God will grow stronger and we will gain more victories, even though outwardly our battles might be the most severe.
The enemy of souls knows this and has placed so many things in our way to distract us from strengthening our minds on God. Some distractions are:
- Media in all forms and fashion. Many of us find ourselves spending hours on media instead of spending time doing activities that can strengthen our relationship with the Lord.
- Working on a good cause. There are so many good things out there that we can do, but if it takes too much of our time, then that it is a distraction.
- Keeping up the status quo: being overly concerned with having a perfect looking house, perfect looking family, perfect looking you that you spend so much time trying to achieve these things
What are some other distractions that you can think of?
God wants us not to be distracted by anything, but rather He wants us to be attracted to Him so that “inwardly we can be renewed day by day”.