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Devotionals
A Renewed Mind
"Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the
new man which was created according to God"
Ephesians 4:23-24a.
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If anything has become evident this past year, it is that we cannot
continue to do what we've always done and expect things to change
for the better in our lives. The jobs, people and systems that we've
come to place our trust in have proven themselves insufficient,
and as a result, many of us have come to a crossroads in our lives.
We've come to a place in our journey where we cannot afford to take
another step backwards due to a bad decision, nor waste any more time
on that which is unproductive in our lives.
I know it may not seem like it, but in the midst of all of this bad news,
God has really positioned us, if we make the necessary adjustments in
our lives, to never have to circle this mountain again. Do I have your
attention? I hope so, because I believe that God is using this trouble
to change or transform our minds. Let me explain.
God has shaken everything that has proudly exalted itself as being
sufficient or a "source", exposing it as being only an illusion.
Governments, institutions and people that once proclaimed themselves
as being trustworthy have found themselves in need of help.
To make it in this season of history, we are going to have to
think differently and on a higher level to overcome the gravitational
pull of our fallen economy and society. Romans 12:2 warns us, "do
not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing
of your mind" and Ephesians 4:23 states, "be renewed in the spirit
of your mind". To "be conformed", means to be "patterned after" or
to "think like". To avoid the fate that this world's system is
suffering, we cannot continue to think and operate like the world.
Our minds must be renewed.
The word "re" indicates that there was a former "state of mind" or
"being" that is to be pursued. In Genesis 1:26, the bible declares
that we were created in the image and "likeness" of God. The root
word for "likeness" in the Hebrew is translated, "to think like".
We were given the ability to think creatively like God and to cause
our thoughts to become things. The only limitation of a creative
mind is its imagination. Creators never run out of substance or
suffer lack because they do not depend upon anything external for
them to be productive.
I believe the shaking that we are experiencing today is designed
to awaken believers, who have become sedated by the world's
system, to cause them to consider who and what they've placed
their trust in. God gave us the ability to know His mind and
thoughts (1 Cor. 2:10-16) so that we would not be confined or
limited by what the world says we can have or do. Because we've been
indoctrinated through education to embrace conformity and not our
creativity, many believers are unnecessarily suffering lack that
are pregnant with ideas waiting to be birthed, that could provide
for their generations.
What creative ideas, innovations, inventions and projects has
God placed within you that are waiting to be manifested?
These creative "thoughts" are the "things" God has given you
to overcome what is overcoming the rest of the world. However,
this will require you to renew your mind and know that God is
your Source and everything else is a resource!
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