What Do We Think About?

"The one who has seen something of the glory of Christ will count everything else as 'rubbish', that he might know Christ better and see more of his glory (Phil. 3:8-10).  A spiritual sight of Christ will fill the heart with love for him.  So, if any one does not love Christ that person has never seen Christ and does not know him at all.  When we fall in love with someone we often think about them.  So, when we fall in love with Christ we will be constantly thinking about him.  Where a person is not filled with thoughts of Christ, that person only deceives himself if he claims to have received him as Savior." ~John Owen

So I am still on my John Owen kick.  Something about reading the thoughts of a man consumed with a passion for Jesus Christ is refreshing for my soul.  It fills my mind with thoughts about Christ and his glory and makes me long for the day that I see Him in reality, and not, as it were, as a reflection in the mirror (1 Cor 13:12).  Until that day, however, we behold his glory by faith.  And this will lead us into a deeper and deeper desire for Him.  Which leads me to my point: do we think about Him often?  Many people profess great faith, or at least profess to have faith, and yet if we were to keep a moment by moment ledger of what we think about, I think many people would be embarrassed because thoughts about Christ and His glory are not often on our minds.  We live in a world that demands constant attention and we are all to often eager to give it the attention it demands.  What a sorrowful waste of our energy.  Let our minds be renewed day by day with thoughts about Christ and his glory.  And lest you think you know enough about Christ already consider this: scripture presents but a fraction of his glory to our finite minds.  For we will get to spend eternity looking upon and contemplating His glory and still not have enough time to learn and know all there is to His beautiful, glorious nature.  And if you read that last sentence and think to yourself that eternity sounds boring you may need to check what kind of faith you profess to have, because it is not real, saving faith, it is a pseudo-faith that will fail you when you stand before Christ.