As the title of this blog post suggests, I have been thinking a little bit about the mind and changing the mind. So many thoughts run through my head and I think to myself, 'I want to think about something else.' How do we do that, can we just stop thinking about one thing and start thinking about something else? What does God say about the mind? What does God say that we should think about?
In Psalm 94.11 it says, "The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that the are futile." Proverbs 23.33 says, " Your eyes will see strange things and your mind will utter perverse things." And also in Ecclesiastes 2.23 it says, "For all his days are sorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity." From these verse I see that the thoughts and mind of man is corrupt and should not be relied upon. Whose mind can I trust then? In 1 Corinthians 2.16 Paul says, "For, 'who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?' But we have the mind of Christ." Colossians 3.2 states, "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth." As believers we have the very mind of Christ and can choose to think according to our new nature. Ephesians 4.21-23 says, "if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind."
One verse that is really good to keep in mind is Romans 12.2. It reminds me to keep my focus on Christ and to change my mind as much as I need to. It is so easy to think negatively of others, whether believers or not, but those negative thoughts are not how I should be thinking of others. My brothers and sisters in Christ are to be seen as just that, IN CHRIST! For those who are not saved, Christ died for them and desires that they would come to believe as well. If I start to have negative thoughts about people or circumstances, I need to change my mind and think according to Christ's mind, put my focus on Christ.
ROMANS 12.2 - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
THANKS FOR PRAYING FOR ME! I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT!!! (I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH, BUT I AM TRYING.) KIDS CLUB WENT PRETTY WELL THIS LAST WEEK. WE HAD LESS KIDS IN OUR GROUP, BUT I NOTICED THAT THE KIDS WERE SHOWING MORE RESPECT FOR THE LESSON AND WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THESE KIDS AND THAT GOD HAS ALLOWED ME TO BE A PART OF THEIR LIVES. PLEASE PRAY THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR THEM!
