INTRODUCTION

Our passage tells us that God is not in all the thoughts of the wicked (Psalm 10:4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
See All...). It also points out that the thoughts of the wicked “are thoughts of iniquity” (Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
See All...). Obviously, the wicked despise the Lord in their thoughts, but the Lord also despises the thoughts of the wicked. This is why we are told that “The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD” (Proverbs 15:26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
See All...). King David, whom God called “a man after mine own heart” (Acts 13:22And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
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See All...). These wicked thoughts are based upon pride (Psalm 10:4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
See All...). Conversely, a man yielded to the Lord desires to bring “into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For children): God was not in the thoughts of the rich young fool. He lived his life the way he wanted to live it and never considered that one day he would face God (Luke 12:16-20 [16] And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: [17] And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? [18] And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. [19] And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. [20] But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
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• (For everyone): Do your thoughts match the thoughts of a wicked man or of a righteous one?  How frequently are your thoughts toward the Lord? Do you often find yourself entertaining thoughts against God’s people when they are trying to do right?
• Do you desire to bring your thoughts into captivity to the obedience of Christ? Do you allow your thoughts to lead you into sin and away from the will of God?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask the Lord to guide your thought life.
• Ask God to protect you from thinking like the wicked.

HYMN

Yield Not to Temptation

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