I have been listening to a sermon series by American pastor, Louie Giglio. The series is based on the question of what is playing on the microphone in your life. What voices/thoughts are you allowing to be amplified in your mind and heart? 

This idea of a microphone has been a helpful mental picture for myself as I become more aware of what is playing on the microphone in my mind, fighting for my attention. I know what I want on the microphone. I want faith and trust in God to be nourishing my mind and influencing my decisions but too often that’s not my reality. 

Proverbs 23:7 tells us that “As a man thinks, so is he.” Our thoughts determine our actions and influence what we believe. So what are you thinking about? What are you listening to? Who are you listening to?

We want to be intentional about noticing what thoughts and messages we are listening to. Once we do that, we can replace the negative messages with truth. How do we do that? You know the answer. You have probably already memorized the Bible verse but you, like me, probably need the reminder every once in a while.

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5 

We want to be aware of what we are believing and what thoughts are influencing our decisions. We want to take every thought captive, examine it, determine if it is good and if it isn’t, we stop listening, we throw it out. We go to God with that thought, stop giving it our attention and replace it with truth from God’s Word.

Is fear on the microphone in your life? Selfishness, envy, comparison, lies? Stop these thoughts! Don’t let them have the microphone in your heart and mind. 

Go to God and talk to Him about what is going on that is causing these thoughts. Choose to walk in faith, believing what the Bible has to say about who you are and who God is.