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words from my mouth and attention from my mind
Be acceptable in your eyes,
Oh God, my strength and my savior.
(Psalm 19:14)<\/p>\n
The possibility of being acceptable to God can work very powerfully on us. But if we wish, that the words of our mouth and the thoughts of our heart be acceptable Him,<\/em> We must redefine what is acceptable We.<\/em> We must learn to love the things He loves, conforming ourselves to His character.<\/p>\n The lives we end up with are largely determined by the things we want to achieve. For this reason, the things we aim for must be carefully considered. Paul wrote to the Christians in Philippi, \u201cAnd I pray that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and in all discernment, that you may Accept the things that are excellent,<\/em> So that you may be blameless and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God\u201d (Philippians 1:9-11). Is this not the great goal that should tempt us and captivate our minds? Is not learning to \u201capprove of excellent things\u201d the key to all the other progress we want to make?<\/p>\n In order to accept things that are excellent, our minds must be trained to recognize the excellence of things that are excellent according to God’s standards. That is why Paul says that we must grow \u201cin knowledge and in all understanding.\u201d Just as an art critic must learn how to recognize artistic greatness when he sees it, so we must learn how to recognize the greatness of something morally and spiritually sublime when we come in contact with it. Day by day, our judgment must match up more closely with God, so that the things we approve of are the things He approves of. Spiritually speaking, our tastes must be refined.<\/p>\n David did not search lifestyle<\/em> He was acceptable to God without learning Thinking<\/em> In ways that were acceptable to him. Nor will we make much progress in our spiritual quest if we do not lower our standards of acceptability to their school of excellence. we can have a lot Attention<\/em> Be acceptable in God’s eyes!<\/p>\n “O merciful God, grant me the grace to desire intensely all that pleases you, to examine it judiciously, to accept it in truth, and to accomplish it perfectly, to the praise and glory of your name. Amen” (Thomas Aquinas).<\/p>\n Gary Henry – WordPoints.com AreYouaChristian.com<\/a><\/p>\n