Renew your mind

Romans 12:2 (NKJV)
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Yesterday I was thinking about the human mind and what it is capable of. The human mind is one of the most mysterious places in the universe; the human mind is capable of doing things that we cannot even conceive right now. As humans we only use a fraction of the percentage of our minds.

The bible says that we are to renew our mind to the things that concern God using His Word as a tool for doing so. When people read this scripture I think they overlook the seriousness that it entails, it is telling us to renovate our minds, to get out all of the things that have brought harm into our lives through wrong thinking and teaching, and be totally transformed in our beings. Renewing your mind is way more than just reading the Word of God and applying it but rather reading the Word of God and living it, becoming it. The Word is made flesh through you and me.

Just think about it for a minute; why are terrorists, terrorists’; because someone or something changed their minds to conform to what they know now. Why is a member of the KKK a member of the KKK; because they were taught to hate. Why don’t atheists believe; because they were never taught or because they were taught wrongly. Why are you the way you are (not saying that’s a bad thing) because when you were young you were taught the traditions of your family and you essentially became what you saw or were taught. Some people became what they saw or were taught and it wasn’t good, they became alcoholics, abusers, abused, etc… on the other hand some had a good upbringing and became loving members of their households as a result of good examples.

What I am getting at is that whatever you continually allow your mind to be consumed with that is what you will become. It’s very powerful. As Christians we have to be renewed and transformed by the Word of God like never before, let God’s Word totally engulf your being and your thoughts. It takes more than just reading but rather living it also.

I pray this has been a blessing on your life.

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org