Imagine What Is Holy

Our heart is the keeper of our imagination. 

Luke 1:46-51 teaches us,

“And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.”

Our imagination travels from our mind/thoughts to our heart, and are reflected to our Father. 

We know that our heart is what God is searching for in men, so we know this to be true.  If the eyes are the windows to our soul, then what is a heart? Our heart is the keeper of all that we take in, including imaginations.

It’s so important that we hold captive our imaginations.

Paul says, “We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5)

Our imaginations are part of these thoughts and if they are foul, we need to repent. We must guard our minds and our hearts by being diligent in what our eyes and ears receive. We need to ask God to give us only pure thoughts and imaginations. It is so important now more than ever that we seek after the mind of God. 

Seek after the things that are holy in God’s sight. Don’t just seek, but chase them down and overcoming them. Desire only what is pure and holy and ask God to remove everything around you that is not.

We cannot become as Christ, unless we change the things in our thoughts and imaginations. Unless we change the things in our heart. 

Father God, we lift up our imaginations to you today. Cleanse them of all unrighteousness. Purify them with your fire so that only what’s holy remains. Teach our eyes and ears how to search for only the things that are holy, and not the things of this world. Create in us a new heart. A new mind. A heart that is strong and pure, and full of the goodness of the Lord.

Begin to change our whole persona, truly making us a new creation. We desire more of you, Abba. We desire to become the image of your Son Jesus. 

So today, Lord, we submit our imaginations and our heart to you for examination. And we believe that you would do a great thing in cleansing us and making us pure.

We ask this in Jesus name. 
Amen.