Teach Us to Number Our Days Renovation of the Mind

Teach Us to Number Our Days

Renovation of the Mind

Are you ready to make some mind changes

to have your life transformed?  

The NIV says, “be transformed

by the renewing of our minds.”

After this process,

we will be able to test

and approve what God’s will is.

The word renewing in the Greek

also means renovating.

I have gained so much

from the Monarch Butterfly

 concerning transformation.

The word renovation seems

to better describe the change

in the Monarch

and the mind of the believer.

It is more than a new coat of paint.

Last night as I was listening to Joel Osteen,

I was reminded of how big a job

this renovation process is.

Joel gave several examples of people

whose minds were on their problems

rather than God’s ability.

Naturally speaking,

from the world’s view point,

we can find overwhelming evidence

why we should not be healed;

why we should face financial ruin;

why things should not get better.

Sometime sit back and listen

to the conversations we have.

We sit around like the scene in Jaws

where the sheriff, biologist and shark hunter

compare their stories by

showing each other their battle scars.

For every reason we highlight as

to why things shouldn’t get better;

we crawl closer to the earth.

I felt like I had more need of renovation

after hearing Joel last night.

Renovation that will get me

to a place of seeing God’s ability.

A change that would take me off the ground

and put me in the air - like the butterfly.

I want to be transformed

and have a renovated mind

to think and see as God thinks and sees!

Maybe this weekend we should take a trip

to the Butterfly House

and take a good look at our need

to be transformed by a renovated mind.

Scripture Reading

Romans 12:1-2 NIV

12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers,

in view of God's mercy,

to offer your bodies as living sacrifices,

holy and pleasing to God

— this is your spiritual act of worship.

2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,

but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is

— his good, pleasing and perfect will.