Just as a natural seed requires the right environment to sprout and flourish, our thoughts, like seeds, land in the soil of our minds. We actually possess the control over that environment. If a negative thought is allowed to grow, if we continually meditate on that thought, we provide the ideal conditions for it to establish an anchor root of doubt and fear deep into our heart, our inner man, and everything we do will flow from it.

We have been given simple tools to uproot that anchor root in our heart and hold those thoughts captive by intentionally cultivating a lifestyle of choosing to rejoice, pray continuously and give thanks in everything. The environment is made right for an anchor root of peace to be established deep in our heart, and we know that we will see the goodness of the Lord, no matter the situation.