"A RENEWED MIND"

Therefore gird up the lions of your mind, be sober, and rest your
hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you At the
revelation of Jesus.
1 PETER 1 : 13

Your mind is a wonderful thing! You can memorize life changing passages of the scripture that can undergird you in your daily life; you can mediate upon God's Word, discovering His magnificent truths; you can discern between truth and falsehood; you can recall God's past blessing.

         Some of God's most effective servants were those who disciplined their minds for His service. Moses, educated in the best school of Egypt, assembled the Books of the Law for the israelites. Isaiah used his scholarly mind to write an exalted prophetic book in Scripture. Paul learned under Gamaliel, the outstanding teacher of his day, and it was through Paul that God presented much of the theology found in the New Testament.

         Sadly, many Christian today di not exercise their mind to be of service to God. They allow others to do their spiritual thinking for them. If they can find their theology from a book, they will not bother to study God's Word themselves. If a speaker makes ab authoritative statement, they reafily accepr it without verifying whether it is biblical.

         Paul urged Christian to strive for maturity in their thinking (1 Cor. 14:20). He said there was a time when his spiritual thinking was immature, but he had his mind to know and understand the great truths of God (1 Cor.13:11). He had not allowed others to do his thinking for him. When you become a christian, God renewed your mind (Roman 12:2). Be certain to use your mind in a way that bring glory to God.