THoughts

DEVOTION HEBREWS THOUGHTS Heb 3:1-6 3:1 Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. 2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God's house. 3 Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. 4 For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. 5 Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house, testifying to what would be said in the future. 6 But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. And we are his house, if we hold on to our courage and the hope of which we boast. NIV We could spend all of eternity considering fixing our thoughts on Jesus. Our thought life is that which is kept in the secret part of our mind. No one else could ever really know what our thoughts are for they are only ours and ours alone. We can say all sorts of things, the right things, the right words, and act in a manner which seems to be the right way to act, both which are in the open, in front of others, but our thoughts are kept deep within. Now God has said through Solomon that as we think so are we or whatever our thoughts are that is who we really are, not the image we present to others. So are our thoughts fixed on Jesus, or on our own self? How much time do we spend thinking about our own life compared to thinking about Jesus and the life we have in him? Are we fixed on how we are going to live, our goals , our dreams, our plans and how to reach them, our wants and desires for whatever we see or what others have that we do not? Are we fixed on our creature comforts rather than on Jesus? Sure, he blesses us with all sorts of things, material goods, comforts, and the like. Yes, he provides us with all our needs, if we fix our thoughts, our heart on him. Yes, he will give us anything we ask for in the name of Jesus, if we are fixed on Jesus, not on our own self. Sure we have to make a living, work to get paid, to pay the bills, buy food, clothes and stuff, but that is not we are, that is not what we should fix our thoughts on. We are the temple of God, which Jesus builds; he is the building God’s house. We are living stones being built into the temple of God. We each have a place to be, a part to fulfill, a purpose to uphold in the complete structure. Each stone must do its part in order for the rest of the stones to do their part. Are we fixed on Jesus and the calling on our lives, to perform the task he has designed us to do? If we are thinking about our own life, how can we think about the life, the calling he has on us? We have to hold on to our courage and the hope of we which boast. We cannot allow ourselves to become distracted by anything; we need to remain focused on Jesus and on him alone. What is he asking each of us to do? Is it fixed in our thoughts?