Faulty Thinking

 

    Do you do things because you always did them?  If the answer is yes, then you need to take a good look into why.  There is nothing wrong with tradition, but it can be mechanical, unbiblical, or the wrong way of thinking about things.  You need to challenge your mind to figure out why you do the things you do, so that you can remove anything that is not from God.

    Wrong thinking becomes faulty assumptions.  The wrong thinking warps our beliefs.  You have to make sure your thinking aligns with God's Word to get it right.  How you think becomes the basis of how you act and live out your life.  That is why faulty thinking is dangerous.  

    Self-worth can be one of the most common faulty thinking among people.  Your self-worth is not based on how you look, perform, wit, or other people's opinions.  Your self-worth is what God says it is: beloved, valued, special, wanted, chosen, and more.

    How you start viewing the world as a child will normally carry over into adulthood and the rest of your life.  However, you do have the power to change faulty thinking.  Misguided thoughts, unrealistic expectations, and worldviews can be reshaped.

    Also placing your thoughts and opinions onto other people is faulty thinking.  It will only cause discourse.  There needs to be a conversation and meet half way or work out the faulty assumptions.  Most people are not out to get you.  They are too busy with living their own life even if that life is with you.  

    Assumptions affect every aspect of your life: relationships, thoughts, actions, and attitudes.  Faulty thinking can cause you to blame God, blame other people, feel worthless, or ungracious.  You can see faulty thinking through actions like questioning God, idolatry, hopelessness, abandonment, and more.  Faulty thinking lead to presumptions that can become fixed if you are not seeking God's wisdom.

    To ignore God's wisdom and guidance is to be arrogant, proud, and insolent.  It is willful sin.  These characteristics have to be crushed.  You can remove them yourself or God will because He fights for you.  Corrupt thinking or desires will lead to a sinful lifestyle.  That has to be repented before you can see clearly and embrace the truth.  God's way, view, and opinion are the truth that you need to fortify your mental closet.  

    You have free will.  You can live life your way, under your viewpoint, and opinion,  However life will never be as sweet and peaceful unless you conform your way into God's way.  You have a sinful nature, but you also have the Holy Spirit to help you from sinning.  Make the truth given to you by God the foundation to your mental closet.  

Genesis 30:1, 1 Kings19:1-2, Job 2:8-9, Psalm 19:12-13, John 11:17-22, & 2 Peter 2:4-10