Installing Software

Our mind is our personal computer. It is the hard drive which is connected to the mainframe. God is the mainframe who in turn is connected to each and every one of us. His connection is always there but we control the on and off switch. Is your switch in the on or the off position? When we are seeking Him or know Him, we always keep it on. He gives us free will and knows that some will choose to keep their PC turned off. He will encourage us through circumstances and the witness of others to turn our computers on to Him but He will never force us to do so.

Our hard drive is always accepting software, information being installed. What are you feeding your mind? Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “You are what you think all day long”. You become what you fill your mind with. Edifying thoughts and images produce positive actions and upright character, but junk in produces junk out. So be very careful about what software you install into your PC.

Sometimes other people install software into our information memory bank. Just like we have to cleanup all the memory in our computers every so often, we have to clean out things from our past, our prior installations, which might be affecting the way we think or function now. We must follow God’s example. He not only forgives us when we do wrong, he erases and forgets. In Isaiah 43:25 He says, “…and will not remember thy sins”. In Jeremiah 31:34 He says, “I will remember their sin no more”. In Hebrews 8:12 He says, their sins and iniquities will I remember no more”. God is omniscient. He sees, hears, and knows everything. His word is the soft ware that we should be installing in the PC of our mind. When we have installed His word in our minds, hidden his word in our hearts (Psalm 119:11), we can “google” in a word or verse and retrieve it when we need it. God tells us not only to forgive others and ourselves for past wrongs, but forget the past memories and move on. We must clean up the viruses and bad memories in our software. We must forgive and forget! When we are unable to do this, bring your computer to its maker. He will do it for you! If you don’t believe me, try it for yourself.

I keep my personal computer in the on position constantly and feed it with the word daily. I will not let my guard down; a firewall in my being warns me about viruses, attachments, or other ungodly things which are trying to invade my mind. Many of the invasions into our minds are insidious. They creep in and try to change who we are or how we think. Remember, we are mind, body, and spirit. When each isn’t being fed properly, our entire system becomes unbalanced. Stay balanced and stay focused. We must know who we are in our creator, believe in ourselves, and treat others with love and compassion (even when the others we are dealing with act in an undeserving way). We are all responsible for our own actions, not the actions of others. Our ultimate accountability is to God. If we remember and believe this it will affect the information which we program into our computer and the print out of the lives which we live.