Therefore gird up the loins of your mind be sober, and rest yours hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1PETER 1:13
Your mind is a wonderful thing! You can memorize life changing passage of Scripture that can undergird you in your daily life, you can mediate upon God's Word, discovering His magnificent truths; you can discern truth and falsehood; you can recall God's past blessings.
Some of God's most effective servants were those who disciplined theirs mind for His service. Moses educated in the best school of Egypt, assembled the book of the Law for the Israelites. Isaiah used his scholarly mind to write and exalted prophetic book in Scripture. Paul learned under Gamaliel, the outstanding teacher if his day, and it was through Paul that God presented much if the theology found in the New Testament.
Sadly, many Christians today do not exercise theirs mind ttheto 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 an authoritative statement, they readily accept 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 prepared 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 became a Christian, God renewed your mind (Rom 12:2_ Be certain to use your mind in a way that bring glory to God.
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