Clearing Your Mind
Being in control is God’s responsibility. Sometimes, he lets us enjoy that feeling.
Have you had enough yet? It’s madness.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve reached my saturation point with news and mass media. I spent three weeks paying little attention to the news (pronounced “noise”) and clearing my mind.
I recently listened to a small group of men share their concerns about the world, culture, and the future. To summarize, each was dismayed because the world was a mess, and they felt their prayers could do nothing to change it.
They all agreed prayer matters most when they pray for what is near and what they can control (not that we can control anything).
Being in control is God’s responsibility. Sometimes, he lets us enjoy that feeling.
Keep your mind clear
Everybody’s new favorite tool for lazy thinkers, Chat GPT, is biased. Bing’s AI claims to be God (It must have been fed the script from Captain Marvel). Google flipped its “Don’t be Evil” value on its head and created an evil AI.
When much of the news we read is negative, and the pressure to conform is intense, how can we greet each day with joy?
Whenever I find myself getting cynical (more often than I care to admit) or discouraged (As a designer and creative, I am melancholy by nature), I turn to this one verse:
“Finally, brothers and sisters, keep your thoughts on whatever is right or deserves praise: things that are true, honorable, fair, pure, acceptable, or commendable. ( Philippians 4:8, GW )
We can’t ignore the news or the times in which we live.
God doesn’t permit his children to sit it out or stop caring. God “will give strength to those who defend the city gates in battle,” (Isaiah 28:6).
We are new creations with a new ministry described in 2 Corinthians 5: “He restored our relationship with him through Christ, and has given us this ministry of restoring relationships.”
This co-ministry changes how we participate in the community, do business, and treat people. All Christ-followers are given this task that empowers us to be disciple-makers for everybody, everywhere.
This ministry of reconciliation – of restoring relationships – is what we do in living, working, playing, and running our businesses.
Issachar’s descendants set the example
“From Issachar’s descendants there were 200 leaders who understood the times and knew what Israel should do.” (1 Chronicles 12:32, GW)
We must learn to embrace the tension in which we live joyfully (Andrew Breitbart said, “We should be happy warriors.”)
As a leader, you must understand the times and know what to do for the organization and people you lead.
What are you doing to prepare yourself and your organization for the future?