Are your days ever so gloomy? Perpetually anxious? Abundant peace is an option. Heavied by regrets? Your past need not define your future. Hounded by inner critics? You can defang those voices in your head. You can tame your thoughts! A new you will appear as new thoughts begin to emerge. Ephesians 4:23 tells us “...and be renewed in the spirit of your mind.”
The Apostle Paul’s contrasts two types of people in Romans 12:2: “Don’t be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. One is shaped by society; the other is renewed by God’s word.
Culture prompts us to value money over people, grade people by looks, awards, and bank balances, judge a person by the color of their skin, manipulate truth to fit over desires, and place our value in what we wear, drive, own or achieve.
God’s word promises you transformation. How? By renewing your mind. A new mind is less the result of human effort and more the result of divine intervention. God renewed our minds. He reroutes our thought patterns. He tweaks our attitudes. He creates a new way of thinking. It’s no wonder that God urges us to “be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.” (Proverbs 4:23)
