Renewing Your Mind

Insight from God comes in all ways and at all times. You recognize it as an insight from God as you grow in “knowing” Him through knowing His Word (Jesus).

In the beginning, the rote-ness of the Word, memorizing scriptures, writing in a journal, studying to show yourself a workman, able to discern good from evil… all are part of renewing your mind.

This is the beginning, and this continues on and on as you grow more and more mature in God, in His Love, in His Will for your life, in His joy unspeakable and full of glory, in His peace that passes, always, and in all ways, all of our understanding; peace that guards our hearts and keeps our minds protected.

Yes, this is the beginning.

You learn to apply whatever scriptures you need for your life and for others. You learn and grow in prayer, from Daddy please, to help, to help others, to specific petitions and supplications for others, to intercession. I am sure one of the key scriptures for spiritual growth, for maturing in Christ is 2 Cor. 10:5b “…bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” Yes the battle we fight the most in within our own minds, and it is the subtlest of battles, one we don’t easily recognize, nor do we want to.

We would like to blame everything on “him” the enemy of our soul, and while “he” is involved, the real enemy is our own mind, our own habits, our own wounds, and our own pain. And in new life in Jesus Christ, the struggle is mighty, as we try to “live” our new life in Christ. Daily we learn to live, move and have our being in Him, daily we struggle with what we see with our eyes, what we feel with our sense of touch or our emotions, what we understand or judge to be with our mind. You see we are the treasures in earthen vessels. We struggle with our un-renewed mind and unhealed soul.

It takes time to learn to rest in Him…

… and to allow Him to show us the reality of sin in our members. We want so much to be “sinless” and in Him, as a spirit child of God we are, however we are still in these earthen bodies, and we still have to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. If you were to research what this salvation is you would find that it points to our souls (intellect/mind, emotions/feelings, will/choice) that needs to be saved.