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observed that “Thoughts are the threads from which we weave the garments of the soul.” This can be brought up to date even more, by comments like men of the stature of Dr. Karl Meninger of the clinic bear ing his name who points out, “You are not what you think you are, but you are what you think.” The Bible tells us that what we think we be come. In Romans 1 :28, perhaps the darkest chapter in all of God’s Word, we have a further description of man’s mind. This deals with what happens to people when they reject the message of salvation. The sad comment, “And even as they [that is, these rejecters of Christ] did not like to retain God in their knowl edge, God gave them over to a repro bate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.” In the next few verses of the first chapter a black and dismal list of 24 things are cited as to the involvement of those whose minds are not stayed on Christ. The Bible gives us a very practical menu on which our minds can feed. In Philippians 4:8 this is beautifully presented by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul. “Finally brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, what- sover things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” The Christian principle, set forth in God’s Word, is very plain: “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” It was Socrates, four hundred years before the day of our Saviour’s in carnation here on earth, who de clared, “Let me know what you’re 19
P eople are generally fascinated by stories from the. entertain ment world. The nation is largely captivated by the amusement busi ness. A part of that term is the word muse which means to think. By pref acing it with the letter “a,” one turns it into a negative word mean ing not to think. One of the things which seems to characterize this age is the fact that people don’t want to have to bother to take the time or the energy to think. Did you see the cartoon in a na tional magazine which pictured a man coming home after a busy day at work all worn out? He flops in a chair and his wife asks him, “What happened to you; what’s the prob lem?” He exhaustedly replies, “What a day this has been! The computer broke down and we all had to think!” Not only do people not want to work, but also they don’t want to think. The reason some folks get lost in thought is because it is such unfa miliar territory to them. It was Vance Havner who observed “Some individuals have minds like cement: all mixed up and permanently set.” The problem of our thought pat terns is one of grave proportion. Every other hospital bed in the Unit ed States is occupied by someone who has a mental problem. Psycholo gy tells us that everything a person sees, hears, does, or thinks, during his lifetime, is held in his subcon scious mind which acts as a reser voir. This is exactly what the Word of God tells us for we read that, “A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is good. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” It was John Wesley who rightly
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