The next room we went into was the study, and the library. I likened this room to my mind, after all, it was where I did all my serious thinking as well as relaxing. This room is quite a small room and has very thick walls. It’s a very important room to me. It was actually like the control room of the whole house. Jesus came in with me and looked around at the books in the bookcase, and saw the magazines lying on the table, and the pictures on the walls.
As I watched Him looking around I started to feel very uncomfortable. Strangely, I hadn’t felt self-conscious about this before, but now that He was there looking at these things I was embarrassed. Some books were there that His eyes were too pure to look at. On the table were a few magazines that a Christian had no business reading. As for the pictures on the walls – the imaginations and thoughts of the mind – some of these were shameful.
Red-faced, I turned to Him and said, “Master, I know that this room needs to be cleaned up and made over. Will You help me make it what it ought to be?”
“Sure!” He said. “I’m glad to help you. First of all, take all the things that you are reading and looking at which are not helpful, pure, good and true, and throw them out! Now put on the empty shelves the books of the Bible. Fill the library with Scripture and think about it day and night. As for the pictures on the walls, you will find it hard to control these things, but I have something that will help.” He gave me a full-size picture of Himself. “Hang this in the centre of the wall of your mind,” He said.
I did, and I have discovered through the years that when my thoughts are centred upon Christ Himself, His purity and power cause impure thoughts to back away. So He has helped me to bring my thoughts under His control. In fact whenever my mind is drawn to these things now, I have found that repeating out loud, “The blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanses me from ALL sin!” immediately chases those thoughts away (1 John 1:9). Truly, God’s Word will immediately put one’s mind back on the right track and send the enemy fleeing from bringing you further temptation.