Philippians 4:8 (NIV)”Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
The word noble here means, a lifestyle that tells everyone that we are under the Lordship of Christ. When used to describe a man, it describes a person who moves throughout the world as if it were the temple of God. The Bible is truly clear that you are a temple of God.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NKJV) “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.”
You must understand that when thinking about whatever is noble, that you are temple of God. Thinking in this manner has a direct impact on your behaviour. You are a living stone, built into a spiritual House of God, you are God’s “chosen generation”, his “royal priesthood”, his “holy nation”, his “peculiar people”—all the old titles of God’s people now belong to you. Whatever is noble thinks about you. Next time that you feel that you are a failure, remind yourself – all the old titles of God’s people now belongs to you.
1 Peter 2:5-10 (PHILLIPS) “4-6 To change the metaphor, you come to him, as living stones to the immensely valuable living stone (which men rejected but God chose), to be built up into a spiritual House of God, in which you, like holy priests, can offer those spiritual sacrifices which are acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. There is a passage to this effect in scripture, and it runs like this: ‘Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on him will by no means be put to shame’. 7 It is to you who believe in him that he is “precious”, but to those who disobey God, it is true that: ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone’. 8a And he is, to them, ‘a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence’.8b-10 Yes, they stumble at the Word of God for in their hearts they are unwilling to obey it—which makes stumbling a foregone conclusion. But you are God’s “chosen generation”, his “royal priesthood”, his “holy nation”, his “peculiar people”—all the old titles of God’s people now belong to you. It is for you now to demonstrate the goodness of him who has called you out of darkness into his amazing light. In the past you were not “a people” at all: now you are the people of God. In the past you had no experience of his mercy, but now it is intimately yours.”
Today, whatever is noble think about it.