March 3-The Mind of God

Happy Friday to you! Have you got a big weekend planned? I’ve probably got more on my schedule than I’ll get done, but that generally my M.O. as my close friends and family will testify to. They will tell you my visions always exceed reality. 


Last night in Bible study, one of my classmates asked a question that at first pass didn’t hit me, but the more we discussed it, the deeper it dug. Even after I got home last night, i could quite shake it. I kept rolling it around in my head. She asked “How are we supposed to know if we are in God’s will in our every day life?” And that led into a big discussion asking questions like “So if today you just want to sit on the couch with a blanket and a cup of tea and read a good book does that mean you are out of God’s will?” Or “If I just want to go shopping or fishing or —(fill in the blank)—is that ok?” And the truth of the matter is, of course it’s ok, just take God with you. 


I love how the Message says this:

“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:1-2‬ ‭MSG‬‬


God’s will for you is so much more than what car you buy or what road you take it down. God’s will for your life is for you to transform your mind —to really change you—to become more like Him, to think more like Him and to react more like Him—to be ever more like Jesus. Every day, just a little more until we see Him face-to-face. And then we will know, unlike my plans for the day, those visions won’t even scratch the surface of the reality of His majesty and glory and splendor that we behold. 


Father God we praise you for being bigger than we can envision and greater than the great. No one will ever take your crown away. We stand in awe of who you are O God and we worship you. We ask for your blessings of understanding and wisdom as we seek to make our minds more like yours and help us to change from the inside out as we navigate this life on our way home. We love you and adore you El Elyon. Amen and amen. 


Love you dear one, 

Pam

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