Hello Sunday friends!
This week God has really been placing this thought of “who told you?” inside my heart and head. For example, when I start thinking things like:
- I am not enough
- I need to have the perfect body to be happy
- Obsessing over food is okay because the rest of the world does it too
And SO ON, He has been coming back with the thought of “who told you that?”
And, really, when I look at all of these kinds of thoughts they come from 2 places:
- The world.
I see a lot of obsessed-with-perfection people on social media all day long (whether that be perfect food, bodies, lives, houses WHATEVER)
- My own self.
I personally feel like I get in my own way of really running to God because I have these totally wrong thoughts about myself and life and operate as if they are truth. Really, they are lies from the enemy,
So, this week when I’ve been having some kind of negative thought The Lord has been asking me “who told you” and then showing me 2 scripture verses.
If it’s a thought that I’m getting from the world, He has been playing Romans 12:2 over and over in mind, “do not conform any longer to the patterns of this World, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is, His good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Oh HELLO God. Just being straight up that the World’s patterns are NOT what you want for me.
And if it’s a thought that I asses is from my own skewed thinking, He has been showing me Isaiah 55 8-9, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Really just hitting home that my own thoughts are not mine and I need to stop operating as if they are truth.
It’s been really amazing to see how He keeps showing me these 2 verses and has been REALLY teaching me that the battlefield is truly in the mind and that is where the work needs to be done to break down these last little hang ups I have with food/obsession that I’m struggling with breaking (you guys know all about this.)
While physically doing stuff that we might think is “scary” to overcome whatever issue you have is important, the MOST important, and life-changing, action are taken when we really focus on the mind and “we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5)
So, I want to challenge YOU with the “who told you?” thought. Is there a stronghold in YOUR life that you can’t seem to get over? Maybe going back to these 2 verses in those times, like I’ve been doing this past weeks, will help you too!
Happy Sunday!
anne shields says
Good thoughts, scriptures and so true. He rules it all!
Taylor Kiser says
Amen Anne!!
Barbara says
Such a great topic! We truly do need to guard our minds carefully.
Have you read The Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer? I’m currently about halfway through it, and it has already helped me a lot…especially with things I didn’t even realize I was doing. Like judging others, and letting fear keep me from sharing my testimony.
Taylor Kiser says
I sure have! it’s SO good!! 🙂
MICHAEL CHEVILLOT says
You got it all right. Our understandings are limited, whereas Gods is not. He understands us more than we could ever understand ourselves. As always, a GREAT Sunday message.
Taylor Kiser says
Thank you Michael!
Brittany Audra @ Audra's Appetite says
This is SO true! I definitely can relate to this…I put SO MUCH pressure on myself….love the reminder of the verse about taking every thought captive to Christ. Whenever I’m feeling anxious/stressed/not enough, I need to remember this verse and also realize the lies are NOT of Christ! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Taylor Kiser says
YES!! I am trying to get better at reminding myself that just because a thought enters my head doesn’t mean it’s truth!
David says
Excellent thoughts Taylor, and very challenging. I have been memorizing 1 John lately and have been convicted by the words, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” Your verses are a great reminder to keep both the world and self far from our thoughts and to embrace God’s thoughts instead.
Taylor Kiser says
Love that! So glad you connected with this post 🙂
Emily says
Wow this is both convicting and encouraging Taylor. To just stop and think, ‘Who told you?’ is so powerful and that seems like that’s at least half the battle. Thank you for reminding me to set my thoughts back on things above! Thanking God for you.
Taylor Kiser says
Right? 3 simple words that are SO HUGE. I am so glad it resonated with you friend <3