I have been trying to do away with my imaginations. I wonder if they do not short circuit any good that I might do? (I imagine it, therefore I have “done” it, therefore I do not really do it.)
God says, “without vision the people perish.” Some sort of thinking about what will happen is good. But I wonder if the way I imagine takes away from positive action. Certainly the negative imagining is not good for it sets an evil cast upon events which have not yet happened. Sometime is puts future events in the framework of the familiar - - the way we are used to events happening; yet, they may not actually happen that way.
I think, “men do not want me around” and I launch my imagination off in that direction. Better for me to say, “I resist that thinking. God said, ’resist the Devil and he will flee from you, draw neigh to
God and he will draw neigh unto you.’ In the name of Jesus I resist that thought.”
Maybe my mind being so full of imaginations keeps me from hearing from the Spirit of God.
I need to walk “by faith and not by sight”. While I am doing what faith says, I can observe the results of faith - - the “sight” part.
What would faith teach me about my relationships with other men? I’m sure of this: it’s important to know what God says is right - - as in the Law, Proverbs, parables, etc.
