It takes diligence to stay the mind on God. Our enemy the devil works tirelessly to distract, discourage, and destroy our faith and trust in God. The knowledge of God's faithfulness is something that must be constantly reminded. The deceiver sends his fiery darts that will pierce our mind if we have not firmly establish the helm of our salvation, Jesus Christ. He is our rock, our insurmountable stronghold. If the mind has been concentrated on Christ, it can not easily be strayed into strife and worry. In order to retain peace and trust the battlefield of the mind must be won decidedly by casting our burdens and worries on Christ. Once our mind is stayed on Him we can say with the Psalmist;
"The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold." (Psalm 18:2)
Isaiah brought an accusation against Israel for forgetting their God;
"You have forgotten God your Savior; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Therefore, though you set out the finest plants and plant imported vines, though on the day you set them out, you make them grow, and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud, yet the harvest will be as nothing in the day of disease and incurable pain." (Isaiah 17:10-11, NIV)
Forgetting God brings heavy consequences. Isaiah tells Israel that because they had forgotten God and set their minds on reaping an earthly harvest instead of an eternal one, they will not reap any peace in the day of distress. If our minds are stayed on earthly things instead of the eternal, we will fail to have any trust or peace when trouble comes. If we will retain the truth of His word in our mind, that truth will be echoed in the prayer of our heart.
"Prone to wander Lord I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love. Here's my heart Lord, take a seal it, seal it for thy courts above."
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