Dwell

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“Dwell”

Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

 

I’ve been considering recently how easy it is for us to dwell on certain things in life.  Through my personal therapy sessions and conversations I’ve had with others, it’s a continued learning experience realizing how easy it is not only to dwell on certain things, but dwelling on the past mistakes and hurts as well as current problems I deal with. 

 

While it’s good to deal with issues in our lives, it’s not healthy at all to continue to dwell on things that have happened in the past.  After reading a book recently by Mel Robbins, I have learned how easy it is for my mind to spiral out of control with negative thoughts about myself.  I’m learning more how I need to stop focusing and dwelling on things I’ve either done wrong or things currently in my life that I struggle with daily. 

 

After this thought of “dwell”, I’ve been thinking about how incredibly important it is to dwell on God’s Word.  Something really incredible happens when dwell more daily on God’s Word.  He dwells within us even more and is able to move in our lives more than ever.  When He is priority in our lives, it’s fascinating how much more we dwell on things of eternity and not on all the bad things the enemy wants us to focus on. 

 

I hope that we all come to realize how easy it is to dwell on negative things in life that pull our focus off from dwelling on the great things God has done and continues to do.  When we shift our mindset of dwelling on things of this world to things in God’s Word, it’s amazing how our attitude and perspective on life changes.  It does not mean the problems just go away, but it does change how we look at life and we start dwelling more on God’s Word.  By the way, the enemy absolutely hates this!

 

My question to leave with us all is this……Do we find ourselves dwelling more on the things of this world and our past and current mistakes or is God’s Word?

 

It’s up to us what we choose to dwell on each day.