What does your mind drift off to when you have a free moment? What do you think about when you don’t have to think about something else? At times like these our free thoughts tell us something about ourselves. Are we fretting about future events? Perhaps we are regretting past choices. Maybe we are thinking about the things that bring us joy like our spouse, our children, food, football, or computer games. Perhaps our thoughts go to dark places that we would be ashamed if others knew we think about them.
Our meditations in these moments generally describe the things that are important to us. They may be our openly discussed ideas or our secrets. But these thoughts will eventually become the basis on which we make decisions. These thoughts then play out in our behavior and character.
Sometimes we need to gain control of these meditations and direct them to places that are beneficial to us. Psalm 19:14 says, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Thinking thoughts that are acceptable to God, leads us closer to Him. These types of thoughts also build righteousness into our lives as we become more like Jesus. We begin to think about how our lives can please God, along with our meditations.
Reluctant Retiree 