The Power of Thoughts

For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that men will have to give account on the Day of Judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. – Matthew 12:34b-37

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. – Proverbs 4:23-24

Our thoughts dictate our words and our behavior and consequently our lives. We are called to guard our hearts because out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. If we open up our hearts to evil, it won’t be long before we find ourselves drowning in sin. We can never be more than our thoughts. There is the popular saying “As a man thinks; so is he”. Whatever we focus on in our lives will only get bigger. If we feed our minds with garbage on TV and in magazines, we open up our hearts to the ways of the world. We have to be careful what we let into our homes via the media.

You cannot squeeze water out of a rock and as such, our lives will represent only what we let into our hearts and minds. When I hear people talk, I can pretty much decipher where their hearts and heads are at. If we choose to spend our time on garbage, we will think garbage and spurt out garbage. As believers, we are to choose books, movies and friends very carefully so as not to get our thoughts contaminated. We are to keep our hearts pure and be very choosy about what we entertain.