A seed thought is often the start of what we meditate on. Sin starts with a deception of a planted thought--often a twisted truth. Just like in the Garden of Eden the serpent planted twisted truth in Eve's thoughts. Like her, we don't recognize it as a bad seed thought. Like Eve, we'll mull it over and over in our mind the deception, considering the benefits of indulgence until we are so convinced of its virtues that we choose to embrace the it.
Our sin never happens by accident. It is a decision of choice. Some sins become so automatic they are done without much reasoning or thought because we have made a practice (habit) in that sin behavior. For a believer the hook of sin may get embedded in our natural responses but that doesn't mean we are enslaved to them. Just as we made the choice to sin, we can make the choice not to sin. We need to ask the Holy Spirit for strength and help in order to be successful because it is a spiritual battle to overcome.
Whatever a believer's thoughts are based upon, is what he meditates on. If he meditates on truth he desires for God. If he meditates upon lies he desires are for things that will become a replacement for God.
God is good, He is delightful and He is desirable to make one wise. We must be careful of the seed thoughts we choose to meditate on, because they will become our desires, and our desires become our actions whether they be good or evil.
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