Did you know that our choices are ultimately determined by whom we truly submit to? Indeed who you surrender to is a great determinant of what you become. We often do not realize that the influence of who we surrender to is vey strong over our minds. Many times we argue that though we surrender to a particular personality or thing, we are in control of our minds. We deceive ourselves by saying we are independent and believe we are allowed to think what we want to think but this is not true. You can’t separate the being you worship from the way you think and consequently, from your choices.
Psalm 115: 4-8 KJV “Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they but they, but they see not: they have hands but they handle not: feet have they but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them; so is everyone that trusteth in them.”
In reality, we take on the mind of whoever we surrender to or worship. We surrender to them because we admire them and their thoughts. So we listen to their thoughts a lot and so the thoughts influence our own minds so that eventually, whether we want to admit it or not, our mind is totally influenced by theirs and that is what forms the basis for the choices that we make. Our choices then determine our tomorrow and also who we are. Even the bible says concerning those that surrender to Jesus, not those that only pay lip service to surrendering to Him, that they think like Him.
1 Corinthians 2: 16b “but we have the mind of Christ”
Sometimes, this becomes a problem to believers. We invite Jesus into our lives which means we are to take on His ideology; but the problem then is that we find that we admire some other ideology which may be contrary to that of Jesus. You admire a lot of things about this contrary ideology but Jesus is meant to be Lord of your life. You admire these ideologies so much that you actually surrender to them though you still profess Christianity. In your mind, you think you only admire it but it does not impact your life. You think “I like what they do but I can’t do it because of my faith.” But eventually, it begins to affect and influence your thinking so that though you have invited Jesus into your life, you worship something else which is controlling your life. That is the dilemma that we find ourselves in today and largely caused by the very deceptive theory that says you are always in control of your mind.
Philippians 4: 5 “let your moderation be known unto all men”
It is important that we evaluate our lives always to ensure that our choices and/or decisions are influenced by the very personalities or ideologies that we truly want to submit to. It would be sad if one thinks they are followers of Christ when in actual fact they are not. Evaluation helps us ensure that we are communicating what we desire to communicate to the world about ourselves. Anyone can get carried away which is why we need this self evaluation. Rev. Emiko Amotsuka describes it like this “you have to call your self to a conference from time to time”
REMINDER: The “Woman Cry out” Prayer conference still holds this Saturday the 22nd of October but it will now be from 5pm prompt to 9pm at the Oakwood Protea Hotel close to chevron roundabout on the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
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