Who told you what you believe?

Why do we find ourselves limited in our ability to receive our Father’s perfect will? The moment we are saved our spirit is changed. We certainly do look at things differently. I will never forget the morning after I personally accepted the Lord I was going about my day. Ran into a friend I saw on a daily basis and had our usual short visit. This guy used the Lord’s name in vain at least 5 or 6 times all within a few minutes. I found my spirit cringing. My friend was no different. He wasn’t using this language for the first time. But it WAS the first time I even noticed it. Yes, my spirit had changed. What about my mind? Was this changed as miraculously as my spirit was? In some degree yes, but it becomes a daily renewal process through daily input of God’s Word. Until our minds are renewed, we will not receive our Father’s perfect will.

Why is it a daily process? Think about what we are feeding our minds daily. Are the thoughts healthy or are they fattening our minds with the sins of the world; confusing us with politics to what is right and wrong; desensitizing us to what God calls sin?

Are we more concerned what the next person may think about us than what God thinks about us?

On the positive end, do the thoughts we hear and think teach us to be encouraged with being united with Christ? Do they feed us comfort from knowing we're loved, just as we are? Do they help us grow and learn from our mistakes. Does our environment encourage us to be one in spirit and purpose with the Lord? Does it teach us to do nothing out of selfish ambition, or vain conceit but to put others interest ahead of our own?

Our attitude should be the same as that of Christ. Phil 2:12 says to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. WHAT! Work out my salvation? I thought it was by faith and not by works! Isn’t my salvation a free gift by grace through faith?

Yes. The moment we accept what Christ did on Calvary was for our own personal sins, we receive salvation, and our spirits are saved to go on with Christ. A promise to spend eternity with Him! That begins here on earth, now and forever. Yes, our spirits are saved. “Working out our salvation” deals with our minds. We must save and renew our minds daily from the worldly influence around us. Renewing our minds is a process we will continue till we walk with Christ in heaven. And maybe then too, who knows.

Wouldn’t it be great if we had a big Delete Key that we could just press once and all our hurts, bad memories, negative thoughts, bad attitudes would be deleted forever? We would be instantly a new, joyous person with the mind of Christ.

Rom 12:2 says if we are transformed by the renewing of our mind, we will move into the good, acceptable and perfect will of God. The word “renewing” is an action word meaning to increase the life of, or replace something old. The reason many Christians never experience the prosperity (both spiritual and financial), the peace of God, the joy of His blessings, is we are feeding our minds with junk food.

Let us clean our mind’s diet. Renew our minds to what God says about us in His word.

I challenge you to look at what you are feeding your mind. WHO TOLD YOU the things you believe?

Rom 12:2 If you are transformed by renewing of your mind, you will move into the good, acceptable and perfect will of God.