The Mind of Christ

The Mind of Christ

What do you do when

you can’t make up your mind?

 

Ever second guess yourself?

Ever change your mind?

I do all the time;

I guess it has something to do with my analytical mindset.

I have come to the place where

I do not make final decisions until the last minute.

For some people,

changing their mind every hour

is normal and acceptable.

I like things I can count on

and I don’t want people to think

I can’t make up my mind.

On top of dealing with my own mind,

the Bible tells me I am to put on the mind of Christ.

WOW!!! That BLOWS my mind!

The space between my ears is overwhelmed with my thoughts;

and now I have to make room for God’s thoughts.

What makes it hard is the Bible says,

God’s thoughts are not my thoughts. 

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:16,

 "For who has known the mind of the Lord

that he may instruct him?"

But we have the mind of Christ.

Paul says, I already have the mind of Christ - WOW!!!

So why do I still find confusion in my thoughts?

Paul makes it sound so simple and so do many Christians.

But for me - it is a challenge.

Oh, yes, I want the mind of Christ

and I look to Him for every decision I make.

But there is too often uncertainty.

The last couple of days I had some very interesting things

happen to me as I have to make a very big decision.

The problem is they seem to be saying

‘go ahead’ and ‘don’t go ahead’!

After the first conflict I said,

God you said let everything be established by 2 or 3 witnesses.

And Colossians 3:15 says,

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your heart.”

(that word rule means to play the umpire)

The thing that gives me the most comfort when I am not sure of God’s mind is that God can take my mistakes and work them out.  Romans 8:28

So I am moving forward;

God can stop me with a closed door

or fix my mistake.

And who knows, maybe I will get it right

and find out I had the mind of Christ all along!

Scripture Reading

1 Corinthians 2:1-3:1 NIV

2:1 When I came to you, brothers,

I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom

as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.  

2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you

except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

3 I came to you in weakness and fear,

and with much trembling.

4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,

but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,

5 so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom,

but on God's power.

6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,

but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age,

who are coming to nothing.

7 No, we speak of God's secret wisdom,

a wisdom that has been hidden

and that God destined for our glory before time began.

8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had,

they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

9 However, as it is written:

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard,

no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"—

10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man

except the man's spirit within him?

In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God

except the Spirit of God.

12 We have not received the spirit of the world

but the Spirit who is from God,

that we may understand what God has freely given us.

13 This is what we speak,

not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit,

expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.  

14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things

that come from the Spirit of God,

for they are foolishness to him,

and he cannot understand them,

because they are spiritually discerned.

15 The spiritual man makes judgments about all things,

but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:

16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?"

But we have the mind of Christ.