Thoughts are very important and we all need to be careful of what we think about. If you know what many people think about as they walk on the streets, sit in the office, listen to you and relate with you, you would be marveled. People’s actions are mostly affected by their thoughts and these thoughts build up as a result of the things we see, hear, experience, encounter, read, watch and so on. If you want to live a good life, one of the things you need to work on is your thought pattern. Job said in the book of Job 3:25 that “What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me”. Job’s experience is not strange to many of us because many times the things that give us sleepless nights and worries eventually happen to us. This shows that our thoughts pattern affect and influence our lives, our ways of doing things and relating to people. Many times thoughts come to mind that we can’t control, while we have control over others that come to mind. We can choose what we think about and also rebuke some thoughts that come to us because some thoughts can precede what happen to us.
On the 18th of November, 2014, I went for a job’s induction training. I was still skeptical about accepting the job but I had to go. The training was supposed to be for some days but I told myself that I would go just to see what the company has to offer because I didn’t want to make the mistake I made some time ago regarding changing jobs. On my way back on that fateful day (18 November, 2014), there was a serious traffic on the road and the place I was, was just five (5) minutes away from my bus stop. I was so tired that I needed some rest, so I became uncomfortable in the bus. A call came in and I could not speak with the person that called because of the noise from the number of cars in the traffic and for security reasons. I told the person that I would call in 10 minutes thinking the traffic would subside in no time and I would get to my bus stop and call the person.
Thirty (30) minutes past and I was still in the traffic. At this point in time, I was thinking what action I should take because it was getting late and people have started walking and others have crossed to the other side to take bikes and buses driving one way. Suddenly, a terrible thought came to mind and I was surprised. The thought that came was evil and annoying because it had to do with death. It came to my heart that I should change the picture of my Displayed Picture (DP) on my blackberry phone to my picture and change the status to Rest In Peace (RIP). This was bizarre because the thought wanted me to display my own RIP picture while I am alive. It thought was so strong that I struggled with it for some time. I later rebuked it and it went away. Minutes later, I decided to alight the bus and cross over to join any bus going one way to my destination. When I got to the other side, there were no buses any more but I saw a few bikes. I flanked at a bike and it stopped to pick me. As we started going I was like finally I would get to my bus stop soon and call the earlier caller. Then, the unthinkable happened that made me realize that our thoughts are very powerful. A man with a heavy load on his head just crossed without looking and the bike in front of us suddenly swerved to avoid hitting the man. This led to an accident of the bike I am on because the biker tried to swerve and he applied the break almost immediately because the man throw the heavy load on his head at us. The bike threw me and I flew in the air and landed with my left hand. I broke one of my fingers as a result of it.
People came rushing to rescue us and guess what, the biker picked up his bike and sped away when he saw me on the road thinking I was dead. One of the persons who came to rescue me picked up my money and walked away with it. I was just looking at him as he was walking away with it and I shouted out to him to bring back my money. He came back, brought my money and left me. Other people came and assisted me to stand up. Two of them helped me to massage my already swollen hand and broken finger. I ended up in the hospital that day where I was given some injections and tablets of medicine. I flashed back to the thought I had had earlier and I realized that this is how people die and this is how powerful our thoughts could be. The finger that got broken has remained bent since the incident happened over a year ago. I am happy that I am still alive and that I rebuked the evil thought that enveloped my mind.
My experience taught me that one’s thoughts can shape one’s life. They are so powerful that they can influence you in many ways. Someone once said that your thoughts are louder in heaven that what you say. If this is true, then your thought is recognized as well as what you say in the spiritual realm. No wonder many people are ensnared by their thoughts and others get healed and saved by theirs.
One good way of influencing and controlling our thoughts is by being mindful of what we see, read, watch, friends we have and so on. Also, we need to renew our minds daily since we cannot control all the thoughts that come to it. Romans 12:2 says, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will”.
Lastly, we have to be deliberate about what you think. Also, we should be conscious of what we think about if we want to have a fruitful life. Philippians 4:8 says “ Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things”.
Wilson Ileogben
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