A Renewed Mind"Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man whichwas created according to God" Ephesians 4:23-24a.If anything has become evident this past year, it is that we cannot continue todo what we've always done and expect things to change for the better in ourlives. The jobs, people and systems that we've come to place our trust in haveproven themselves insufficient, and as a result, many of us have come to acrossroads in our lives.We've come to a place in our journey where we cannot afford to take another stepbackwards due to a bad decision, nor waste any more time on that which isunproductive in our lives.I know it may not seem like it, but in the midst of all of this bad news, Godhas really positioned us, if we make the necessary adjustments in our lives, tonever 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 ourminds. Let me explain.God has shaken everything that has proudly exalted itself as being sufficient ora "source", exposing it as being only an illusion. Governments, institutions andpeople that once proclaimed themselves as being trustworthy have foundthemselves in need of help.To make it in this season of history, we are going to have to think differentlyand on a higher level to overcome the gravitational pull of our fallen economyand society. Romans 12:2 warns us, "do not be conformed to this world, but betransformed by the renewing of your mind" and Ephesians 4:23 states, "be renewedin the spirit of your mind". To "be conformed", means to be "patterned after" orto "think like". To avoid the fate that this world's system is suffering, wecannot 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" thatis to be pursued. In Genesis 1:26, the bible declares that we were created inthe image and "likeness" of God. The root word for "likeness" in the Hebrew istranslated, "to think like". We were given the ability to think creatively likeGod and to cause our thoughts to become things. The only limitation of acreative mind is its imagination. Creators never run out of substance or sufferlack because they do not depend upon anything external for them to beproductive.I believe the shaking that we are experiencing today is designed to awakenbelievers, who have become sedated by the world's system, to cause them toconsider who and what they've placed their trust in. God gave us the ability toknow His mind and thoughts (1 Cor. 2:10-16) so that we would not be confined orlimited by what the world says we can have or do. Because we've beenindoctrinated through education to embrace conformity and not our creativity,many believers are unnecessarily suffering lack that are pregnant with ideaswaiting to be birthed, that could provide for their generations.What creative ideas, innovations, inventions and projects has God placed withinyou that are waiting to be manifested? These creative "thoughts" are the"things" God has given you to overcome what is overcoming the rest of theworld. However, this will require you to renew your mind and know that God isyour Source and everything else is a resource!
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