Proverbs 23:7 - What You Think - - You Are!
Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV) For as he thinks in his
heart, so is he. "Eat and drink!" he says to you,
But his heart is not with you.
COMMENTARY PEARL
We Become What We Say
Why is the tongue so important? Because
the expression of a thing deepens the
impression. A word uttered becomes a word made flesh -
in us. We become the incarnation of what we
express. Jesus said, "For by your words you will be
acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned" (Mt
12:37). After I saw that a person becomes what he
says, I have looked at this verse in a different
light. If you tell a lie, you become a lie. The
deepest punishment of a lie is to be the one who
tells the lie. That person has to live with
someone he cannot trust.
Now look at what I am saying from the
opposite perspective. When we express good things,
positive things, loving things, scriptural things,
these things go deeper into us. Clear expression
deepens impression. A brilliant young physicist
tells how he often discusses complex issues
relating to physics with his wife who doesn't know
the first thing about the subject. He told a
friend, "I describe in detail what I am doing and
she doesn't understand a word. But sometimes
when I'm through - I do."
If it is true - and I believe it is -
that we become the incarnation of what we
express, then how careful we ought to be to ensure
that what we say is guarded and governed by
truth, integrity, and kindness. Always remember:
every word you utter becomes flesh - in you.
O Father, how awesome is this thought - I
become the incarnation of what I express. Cleanse
me deep within so that I may be pure in soul as
well as speech. I would be a clarified person.
Grant it please, dear Father. In Jesus' name.
Amen. What should our thoughts be focused on?
[Every Day With Jesus Bible with Selwyn Hughes
devotional re Pro. 15:2]
CLOSING THOUGHT
How can we control our thoughts? Good or
evil actions begin with good or evil thoughts
(Pro.23:7). We are all aware that the hardest battle in
life is the struggle to think straight. People
who want to give up smoking have great
difficulty keeping their thoughts off cigarettes.
Alcoholics think constantly about drink, and lustful
persons keep thinking about sex. Proud people focus
on themselves, and dishonest people manufacture
crooked schemes.
Most people will admit that there are
some modes of thought that, of themselves, they
cannot overcome, even though they recognize them as
counterproductive. Mind training has some value, the exercise
of the will achieves results, but the problem
persists: the mind it not completely controllable in
respect to some attractive objects.
Is there a solution to this dilemma? Can
our thoughts ever be brought under control? The
answer is the Holy Spirit! [Adult SS quarterly
7/29/95]
LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY
Proverbs 23:7a - What You Think - - You Are!
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20220823-0852.html
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2019/20190809-1031.html
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2003/20030903-1223.html
Proverbs 4:23 - GUARD YOUR HEART!!!
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20210709-0922.html
2 Corinthians 3:18 - More and More Like
Jesus!
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20210920-0920.html
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