What's on your mind right now? Are you thinking of what you will do today or tomorrow. Or are you day dreaming, just letting your mind wander until it finds something pleasurable to consider?

Scripture is full of information that can fill a person's thinking forever. King David seemed to always speak of God's faithfulness and holiness. And when he wasn't writing of these things in his personal journal, he was singing these things in song. When we went to bed, he thought of God and when he arose in the morning he did the same thing. It's altogether likely that God filled his mind through the night, so David probably meditated on spiritual things for at least twelve hours everyday.

Paul wrote to the Romans asking them to consider changing their sinful lifestyle. They were anything but like David. Most Romans spent their days eating, drinking, satisfying their fleshly desires. And when they weren't doing those things, they were asleep. During the day, Scripture tells us they were thinking of new ways to find pleasure. Paul challenged the Romans to focus on spiritual rather than physical things, no doubt a totally new concept to them.

How about you? Are you spending the largest part of your day like David or like the Romans? Are you thinking of ways to please God or how to please your own physical desire? One thing is for certain. If you do the latter, you'll never be satisfied, but if you truly want to please God, you'll spend much time in prayer.

1. Pray Through the Word - 365 devotionals on the subject of prayer by James R. Green (Ps 65; Rom 13)
2. Scripture comes from the Holy Bible, New International Version; (c)1978 by New York International Bible Society

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