Devotional Thought: What's Hanging in Your Thought Closet?

Every few months I go through my closet to figure out what to throw out or give away. Sometimes I stumble upon a clothing item that is just absolutely hideous and wonder "Why did I ever buy that?"

It helps when I do this inventory of my closet. I discover things I just don't need or want there anymore. It also removes unnecessary clutter and makes room for the good stuff.

The same thing should happen in our minds. We should take inventory of our "thought closets" and the things we allow in and out. There are times when a thought pops into my mind and I'm just like "uh uh, there is no room for you here!" and I throw it out. Other times I allow negative thoughts to stay in my thought closet and hang around for a while until it's inventory time. Then I look back and wonder why I'd even entertained the thought!

Are you hanging words of truth into your thought closet?

Or are you allowing lies to enter in?

Author Beth Moore states we can't recognize the lies if we don't know the truth. God's Word is our standard of truth. Here are two key verses we should remember to help us clean out our thought closets:

2 Corinthians 10:5 reads "We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ."

Philippians 4:8 reads "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things."

True thoughts, honorable thoughts, lovely thoughts, pure thoughts.

This is what should be hanging in our thought closets. It's inventory time!