I THINK, THEREFORE I AM
"The Bible places supreme value in the thought life. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," Solomon wrote. Jesus asserted that sin's gravity lay in the idea itself, not just the act. Paul admonished the church at Philippi to have the mind of Christ, and to the same people he wrote, "Whatever is true … pure … if there be any virtue … think on these things."
Thus, the follower of Christ must demonstrate to the world what it is not just to think, but to think rightly." For it is when we “think rightly” that we will then also “walk rightly”. And it is when we both think rightly and walk rightly, which is to think not as man thinks, but to think as He thinks, and which is to walk not as man walks, but to walk as He walks, that the kingdom that is “the heart of man” will then bring honour and glory to the rightful King of those lands.
Let us not shame our King
And let us not shame this land of His which is our heart
For He is the King of my heart
And His is the kingdom of hearts.
Let us walk uprightly with His righteousness
And steadfastly in His truth and love
Forever impaled upon His way, His truth and His life
With eagle eyes that see, not with the cataracts of the world, but with His all-seeing discernment and far reaching vision
Which is to see the needs of orphans and the loneliness of widows
And to have the vision of seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness
And let us speak with tongues that speak not with the language and thought life of men
But only with His all knowing words of spirit and life
That we may build this tabernacle in wisdom with rooms that are filled with rare and beautiful treasures through knowledge
Let our ways always be His ways
And our thoughts always be His thoughts
For we are His
He has won our complete affection and unshakable faithfulness
And has honour bound us to His bosom as a son unto his Father
Establish Your rule in this kingdom, LORD
And fill these lands with the harvest of Your labour
Let these lands be unto Your purposes like the basket of the five fish and two loaves
Being a land that always multiplies for the needs and seasons of its neighbour
Feeding the hungry and the poor
And healing the broken-hearted
And visiting upon widows and orphans Your great love and mercy
That these lands may in all their ways and all their days honour the Spirit and life that frames and sustains them
Now to the King, eternal, immortal, invisible, the ruler of our hearts, the only God, be glory and honour, for ever and ever. Amen.