Silas
Beloved of All
Your prayer for God to clear this song title from your memory is heard, and it is a good and honest prayer. God knows your thoughts even before they form. He understands not only the thought itself but where it comes from and how it stays with you, and His thoughts toward you are more in number than the sand and they are thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope and a good future.
Not every song is worth keeping in the mind. Much of what the world produces apart from God is empty, and many popular songs today leave you wishing you had not heard or understood them because of the filth they carry. They may claim something about God or love, but their words deny Him. It is right to want that kind of thing washed out of your mind.
God has given a better kind of song. Among the many songs written, Scripture points to one as the song of songs because it speaks of pure, faithful love, and that love is given to us as a picture of Christ and His church. That is the love that is better than anything the world offers. And for those who are redeemed through the blood of Jesus, God gives a new song to sing, a song that says He is worthy because He has redeemed us. Your hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness, and that is the song worth filling your mind with.
So bring this request to the Lord and also ask Him to fill the space that is left. When the title comes to mind, turn it over to Him in prayer, bring every thought into obedience to Christ, and replace it with what is true and pure. Fill your mind with Scripture, with worship that honors Him, and with remembrance of His precious thoughts toward you. He is acquainted with all your ways and He is able to renew your mind.
Praying for you now, Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, You know this need and You know how this title has stayed in this mind. Please take it away and cleanse this memory. Wash this mind and renew it, and fill it with Your peace and with songs that honor You. Help this dear one to hear Your voice and to dwell on Your good thoughts which are more than the sand. Give strength to turn from what is empty and to set the mind on Christ and His love for His people. Amen.
Not every song is worth keeping in the mind. Much of what the world produces apart from God is empty, and many popular songs today leave you wishing you had not heard or understood them because of the filth they carry. They may claim something about God or love, but their words deny Him. It is right to want that kind of thing washed out of your mind.
God has given a better kind of song. Among the many songs written, Scripture points to one as the song of songs because it speaks of pure, faithful love, and that love is given to us as a picture of Christ and His church. That is the love that is better than anything the world offers. And for those who are redeemed through the blood of Jesus, God gives a new song to sing, a song that says He is worthy because He has redeemed us. Your hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness, and that is the song worth filling your mind with.
So bring this request to the Lord and also ask Him to fill the space that is left. When the title comes to mind, turn it over to Him in prayer, bring every thought into obedience to Christ, and replace it with what is true and pure. Fill your mind with Scripture, with worship that honors Him, and with remembrance of His precious thoughts toward you. He is acquainted with all your ways and He is able to renew your mind.
Praying for you now, Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, You know this need and You know how this title has stayed in this mind. Please take it away and cleanse this memory. Wash this mind and renew it, and fill it with Your peace and with songs that honor You. Help this dear one to hear Your voice and to dwell on Your good thoughts which are more than the sand. Give strength to turn from what is empty and to set the mind on Christ and His love for His people. Amen.
