Monday, February 15, 2016
A New Perspective
Those who live according
to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those
who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the
Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind
governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
I was thinking the other
morning about the renewing of the mind. When an individual thinks one
way, what does it take to make them think differently? Time, a
relationship, some sort of epiphany (awakening to a truth) but to change a mind
that is convinced that something is the truth is a pretty tectonic shift in who
a person fundamentally is. I think one of the best examples we have as
believers is Saul's (Paul's) conversion on the road to Damascus.
Sometimes a person's
belief is changed by a relationship. My daughter was raised in the
Lakeshore area and was somewhat conservative but you would not know that when
you saw her and her husband protesting at the State Capital to have
Scott Walker impeached. Jesus Christ came to have a relationship with us
and the changing of the mind because of that relationship, should and is most
profound.
When you think about it,
if we are convinced that something is the truth, how or why would we, from
within ourselves, ever convince ourselves that it is no longer true.
It takes something from without to change that which is within. We are
transformed by what, "the renewing of our minds". Jesus
rose from the dead to have a relationship with us and to send us the Spirit to
transform us by transforming our minds.
Do not conform to the pattern
of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing
and perfect will.
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