I. Spot the ANT
II. Stop the ANT
III. Stand Against the ANT and STOMP it!
IV. Send the ANTS to the Lord
V. SUPPLANT YOUR MIND WITH SPECIFIC TRUTH. My heart abhors a vacuum. If I stop and Stomp those unwanted ANTS you can bet my fertile and fallen heart and mind will wander around in some dry places, as Jesus said, and discover some additional junk to consider. What can I do?
Watch some good TV! (Where is good TV?)
Read a novel?
Yell at my dog?
Maybe I need to find some Scripture or practical truth to replace the lie that the ANTS have deposited in my brain and I have been Ruminating about. Then dwell on that truth and meditate upon it.
As St. Paul reminded his flock in Ephesians 1:
13-14 It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This signet from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life.
15-19 That’s why, when I heard of the solid trust you have in the Master Jesus and your outpouring of love to all the followers of Jesus, I couldn’t stop thanking God for you—every time I prayed, I’d think of you and give thanks. But I do more than thank. I ask—ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength!
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