As Christians, God wants us to be transformed. We become transformed by being in his word daily. Letting him replace the outdated junk that we have learned or even the things of the world that we still may be letting fill our mind, with the important things of life. His Word.
Most of you will remember when tape recorders were around? The kind that took cassette tapes.
Once at a bible study, the teacher likened our minds to a tape recorder which can play things over and over for us at our own will. On a tape recorder we hit play, and when we get to the end of the tape, we can hit rewind and play it over. Sometimes when something better comes along, we can hit erase and record something new.
The teacher had said our minds are like that. We can play in our minds the things we want to play. And they can be repeated over and over. If something comes along that we like better, we can erase that and record something over it. Sometimes those things we play in our minds are destructive and yet we continue to play them over and over.
They change from year to year as we grow from children into adults. We replace childish things with grownup things not only in our bodies but in our minds as well as the Apostle wrote in 1 Corinthians 13:11-When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.
And usually what happens is that as we grew, more and more negative thoughts and ideas grow in our minds and we need to get to the point where we can see the need to replace them with good things. But doing that is sometimes not easy. And while not impossible to replace them without God doing it for us because -there are a lot of good people in the world that are not Christians-we cannot fully erase or let God erase the sinful natures that we have recorded in our tape deck.(minds)
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. Roman 12:2
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.Ephesians 4:22-24
Because our minds are powerful organs, we have to be willing to erase our old and sometimes destructive ways of thinking and believing in and replacing them with God's word.
Folks, Unfortunately, there are all too many people unwilling and unbelieving that doing so is unnecessary. but by not doing so, can cost them everything they have. More importantly, their salvation. If you haven't already, or do not make it a priority every day, get into your bible. Let God's word saturate your entire being. Grow in it. Your life will never be the same. He is waiting for you
Cartoon of the day: Have you ever felt like this? I have. But thank God, no matter how long our journeys take, he gets us there.
What would you do if you received a text from God?
I hope you all had a blessed day yesterday, our Lord's Day. May your blessings continue as you bless others. Thanks for visiting with me today.
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