don’t underestimate your thought life (Col. 3:2)
Quoted from Brian Chang.
Today, I realized a bit more of what it means to delight in thinking about Christ
in the same, and yet deeper still, way that I would delight in replaying a newly learned song in my head, thinking about Korean BBQ while hungry, recalling a hilarious conversation with an old friend, looking forward to a weeklong snowboarding trip at Mammoth, daydreaming about getting good grades, daydreaming about being 6 foot 3” and dunking, daydreaming about publishing Nobel-worthy research, or daydreaming in general, etc.
Maybe it was because we were still in [Mock Trial] court and it’s boring in there. But that realization served as a reminder that it does my soul no good to pore over chapters upon chapters of bible and biblical supplements and then—for the rest of the day—not let the Word of Christ dwell in me richly (Col. 3:16). After all, when I say “thinking about Christ” I’m not talking about thinking vague thoughts and manufacturing “good and worshipful” emotions about him. It requires consideration of who he is as revealed in his Word. We can’t feel deeply if we don’t think deeply.
Therefore, I desperately desire, resolve, and need much grace to have a thought life that is Christ-centered and full of meditations upon his truth.
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