Consume My Imagination God!

Isaiah 26:3, in The Passion Translation, says this, “Perfect, absolute peace surrounds those whose imaginations are consumed with You; they confidently trust in You.”

Just… wow!

The word “surrounds” can also be translated to being “watches over”.
PEACE “watches over” those whose imaginations are consumed with Jesus!

The imagination is what forms up one’s reality.
The imagination, “the faculty of the mind, the action or process of images and concepts, the conception or mental creation” is what oftentimes controls us.  What we deliberately choose to focus on, think on, meditate on, fixate on, and “imagine”, often reigns supreme and dictates our days.

Look at another meaning of the word “imagination”…. “ability to face and resolve difficulties; the power of reproducing images stored in the memory under the suggestion of associated images or of recombining former experiences in the creation of new images directed at a specific goal or aiding in the solution of problems.”

Wow.

Seems to me that what we “imagine” has great power in our lives.
And so it becomes SO IMPORTANT to fixate our minds on God.
To center our thoughts upon Him.
And that might mean to reduce the amount of negativity we allow into our lives.
That might mean having to minimize what we watch on TV, what we engage with on social media platforms, who we choose to actively surround ourselves with.

I believe it is of the UTMOST importance - now more than ever - to, as Paul puts it in 2 Timothy, “guard the good deposit.” (1:14)

If we want to experience ANY amount of PEACE during these difficult times (and I believe sincere followers whose “mind is stayed on God” are the ONLY ones who can have this kind of peace), we are going to have to maintain imaginations that are CONSUMED with Him.  That means thinking about Him all the time… focusing on Him all the time… praying to Him all the time.

Look around.  He’s here!  He’s never left!

Now is a critical time for the believers of Christ.  It’s time to rise up church.  And we can only do this if we have imaginations that are radically consumed with Jesus.

Let’s be vigilant over:

• what we’re listening to.
• who we’re listening to.
• what we’re reading.
• what we’re saying.
• who we’re surrounding ourselves with.
• what we’re fixating on.

It matters, friends.  It really matters.

Consume my imagination, God!