The Contented Life Daily DevotionalSample

Anchor Your Thoughts

In the city where I live, new high-rises are constantly being built. I love watching the construction process from beginning to end. First, the construction crews dig a deep hole, sometimes as much as 200 feet. They will create an anchor point at the very bottom of the hole by digging a smaller hole. This hole is then filled with reinforced steel and concrete and becomes the anchor for that building. From that point on, every piece of steel and concrete is carefully tied into that anchor to withstand the forces of nature that will certainly come against it. To use the Apostle Paul's language, that building is "fixed to the anchor."

You live in a time when your mind is constantly bombarded with thoughts, ideas, and images that are anything but true, honorable, right, and pure. When I was a kid, pastors often talked about how everyone has two gates: the eye gate and the ear gate. The implication was that you can open and close each gate to choose what you look at and listen to. Your mind can easily fixate on things that are far from the truth and God. What you allow to occupy your mind will determine your contentment, mood, and outlook on life.

Just as the high-rise builders diligently ensure the building is anchored, Paul reminds you to be diligent today. You must continually anchor and focus your mind on truthful, righteous, and virtuous thoughts!

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By: Allan Burnett