I read where a survey showed that 90% of accidents on staircases involved either the top or the bottom stairs. This information was fed into a computer to find out how stairway accidents could be reduced. The computer’s answer: “Remove the top and bottom stairs.”
I feel like that is the way we try to deal with most of our problems today. Rather than dealing with the problem, which is in our heart, and in our mind, and has potentially become a destructive habit, we try to just remove the obstacles from our pathway.
The Bible tells us that God wants to give us a new heart.
Ezekiel 36:26 (NLT) “And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.”
What God really wants to do is replace our old heart with a new heart. He wants to replace those old habits with new habits, old thoughts with new thoughts and our old plans for His new plans.
The word of the day is replace. Ask God to replace your old self, with a new self, a new heart and a new mind. Life will be much better.