Tuesday, August 20th, 2024
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
That is, those who are poor in themselves and rich in Christ.
In not too long, I will be physically dead; it looms sooner and sooner. I cannot choose for it not to happen, but I can choose to tamper down the old self – that inner me that dominates what I think, do, and say – and die to what this world has to offer for what Christ has waiting for me.
I can’t do it under my own power; it is the work of the Holy Spirit, but I can assent to it with my will. That I can do.
You are what you fill your mind with – negative or positive, the world or Jesus, what you want to do or what God wants you to do. If you want to change who you are, you must first change what you fill your mind with.