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It just boggles the mind
doesn’t it? When You “received” Jesus,
when you asked Him to become Lord of your life, He did. Jesus forever connected you to His own
heavenly Father. Wherever you go,
whatever you do, God is with you. His “take”
on things is available to you. That
should change everything shouldn’t it?
How does God work that out? He changes your mind. Your thoughts are
not your own anymore. You might find
yourself thinking higher thoughts that transform you. You find yourself in a situation that you’ve
probably been in a hundred times before and you think differently. You hear a different voice offering a
different solution. Beloved, God doesn't change so somebody has to! I think its us.
I can remember when I first became a
Christian, I could swear like a sailor. Yes, even me. It was the “norm” in my family. It never occurred to me to ‘think about it”, those words just came
out of my mouth. I thought everyone did that.
Within a few weeks, I realized that those
words never occurred to me anymore. When
I heard someone else say them, it bothered me.
He really did put a “new” song in my
mouth!
As time has passed He’s also given me
a whole new way of thinking. My friend
Julie and I were talking the other day about the gracious way He transforms
us. Looking back over the last forty or
so years I can see that He has taken those old limited thoughts, those old
habits, those old ways of looking at things and transformed them. How? By
Words. To be exact, by HIS Words, His thoughts. In my heart. In MY mind.
In MY mouth.
How refreshing!
In order to prove that God’s will is
good, and acceptable and perfect, our thoughts have to come from the One who is
Good and Acceptable and Perfect. When Paul tells us that we have the mind of
Christ, he’s not saying that
everything we think is of God. Judgment,
complaining, and criticism are definitely not of Him. WE will come to the place where they don't occur to
us anymore. He’s saying that we have the
privilege of knowing what and how God thinks. We have the option of thinking
higher, and thus seeing higher results in our lives.
Jesus said that out of our mouths flow
the issues of life. If we’re thinking differently, then we should be speaking
differently shouldn’t we? In order to bring God thoughts into our lives, then
we need to listen to Him don’t we?
Usually I’ve found that I will be
reading something in His word and it will catch my attention. I begin to think about it. I begin to apply it to my life.
Without fail, I’ll find myself in a
situation where that “word” applies. As Isaiah says, “I’ll hear a word behind
me and I begin to walk in it.” Or as I John says, “You have an anointing from
the Holy One and you know all things.”
Wow. Really? Does that go along with the counsel from James, which says,
“ask for wisdom, and He’ll give it to you
generously.’? What does that look like?
His thoughts will always be, first of all pure and clean. It’s like turning
the light on in your mind. His thoughts
will always be peaceable, and gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good
fruits. They will bring peace to your
mind, and to your situation.
Sometimes God speaks to us audibly. Sometimes He speaks to us through
His word, but He’s always speaking. He’s always trying to help us think His
thoughts. Each day I bind my thoughts to
the mind of Christ. I really don’t want to think any other thoughts. I don’t
want any results in my life except the results that’s God’s wisdom can bring. True power, true transformation comes when
you begin to think like He thinks. Real change comes from within our minds and
God gives us every opportunity to make sure our minds are filled with God
thoughts that bring Life and Light, and Hope. They bring faith, love and possibilities
for the goodness of God to explode in ourlives.
You were happy to receive forgiveness
of your sins when you asked Jesus into your life weren’t you? Are you happy to receive the thoughts of God
as well? They could change everything! Thank Goodness!
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