Remaining Faithful to Mindfulness of Christ

Here is something I shared with a friend today that I sense we should all pray about.

The problem with knowing all this "information on the internet that doesn't really pertain to us is that so many of the videos on the internet are very well done fakes and we don't know which are true and which are not.

I have enough to think about without knowing all kinds of things that I don't even know is true or that I am not called to do anything about. Just knowing to know is not productive for me.

Just knowing to know is gnosticism, in which knowledge for its own sake is elevated to a high status but really has not value in our daily lives as we follow Christ.

If I seem disinterested in the "news" its because my focus is on the things God has called me to do and encouraging the believers to focus on Christ. The more we focus on Him and His principles the more we will discern truth from error about His word.

Philippians 1:20-21 "20 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. "

Galatians 2:20

"I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."

The world is full of evil now, if we chased after every sinful and evil thing to know about it would disintegrate any faith and thoughts of serving Christ. At the very least it will dilute and minimize our faith walk.

Romans 8:35-39

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or "distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?"

Romans 12:21

"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."

And I would say; Do not allow thoughts and knowledge of evil to overcome our ponderings and meditations.

Ephesians 5:26

"26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,"

It is impossible to cleanse our minds when we are filling them full of the world's muck continually. It is the cleansing of our minds with Gods Word and His principles that places us in the right attitude toward Christ and our purpose on this earth.

I am not here to save governments, I am here to share the gospel with the unsaved and to encourage the believers so that their faith grows.

Ruminating on all the muck in the world diminishes faith, it never builds faith in anyone.

Romans 10:17

"Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God"

Isaiah 41:10

"Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God".

Hallelujah!