Often times you can predict the outcome of someone that you are close to by the
character that you know they possess, the person you know them to be, thereby
discerning their intent, because you know them so well. To understand and know
God is to know and understand His character and intent. As we know more about
His character and His will, we then, can better assess and accept His
intentions and what His desires are for us and the way that He is at work in
our lives and in the world that He created. God’s word clearly tells us
that we cannot discern His will by the worlds standards, but rather we are to
transform our way of thinking into His way of thinking and then, we may know
and understand with clarity, in truth, His will concerning matters. Romans
12:2, says this, “And be not 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." This verse has taught me more about knowing and
understanding the will of God than any other verse in scripture and has
radically set me free to see with a clearer and better understanding as to why
things happen the way they do. You and I will have to make the effort to
transform our minds, by being faithful to renew them, by allowing God’s word to
regenerate our very life. Then the cloudy confusion of the world’s thinking,
changes to the clear reality of God’s truth.
Every moment of every day you and I have the freedom to think about whatever we
want. Our minds may fill with worries, hopes, disappointments, hobbies,
anything. Those thoughts may cultivate anger, lust, compulsive working,
people-pleasing, or depression. Or, we can be transformed by the renewing of
our minds like Romans 12:2 tells us by letting the very Word of God diagnose us
as it states in Hebrews 4:12, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul
and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart.” The thoughts that you choose to dwell on will be the
most important factor in how you feel and what you say and do throughout your
life. Ultimately, you’re thinking determines the kind of person that you
become. Proverbs 23:7 reminds us of this very truth, “that as a man thinks in
his heart, so is he…”.
Hold
Fast,
-Bren
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