Mind Over Matters

There's one more comment from "Gramps" at our most recent poker tournament which caught our attention.  As we talked with him about Jesus, he said. "I really don't think much about God."

Does that describe someone you know - or perhaps you?

Maybe you play poker because you're trying to get your mind off the "big things" of life -- or even the bigger things beyond this life.  You might take a break for awhile, but those issues still are likely to be there after the tournament is over.

Contrary to what you might have heard, God is not against human thinking.  In fact, he wants us to think about Him.

On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. - Psalm 63:6

Just as a good poker player thinks through his options before making a big call or fold, we should think about our options in how we live our lives.  What direction should that thinking go?

Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. -- II Peter 3:1

The apostle Peter wanted people to think in a "wholesome" way - or as the King James Version puts it, a "pure" way.  Part of our purpose for this blog is to promote that kind of thinking at poker tables.

Finally, brethren, 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 on these things. - Philippians 4:8

If you're not sure how to start thinking about God, read a section of the Bible and consider how it might apply to your life.  In church-speak, that's called "meditation" -- not the self-meditating approach some "gurus" take, but in terms of what God wants you to do.


At the risk of writing a corny rhyme: Think it through.  Then do it, too.  And ask God in prayer to reveal His big things to you.