The mind plays a major, major role in the Kingdom system of God. His very reach toward us comes with a package. Within it we find helps and directives designed for us to enter an entirely new world. Look at II Corinthians 5:16-17. Old things pass away. New things have come. It's a new world.
Here's where Christianity becomes sluggish. Rather than changing our minds, we simply top them off by adding a quart of new information. This will help us keep running fairly good....for while. But somewhere along the way, we are going to be required to switch minds (change our mind) ridding the old and receiving the new. Some things in our minds are to be discarded.
I reached a point long ago where I needed to rid myself of believing that God worked only through the Bible. I had to abandon such training in order to receive an entirely new thread of the information. I had to empty out my mind of old thinking and refill it with the truth of the Holy Spirit working directly in our lives.
I had to empty my mind that I can't be effective because I am not worthy. My confidence is in the Spirit of God due to changing out my mind. I learned to empty my mind of believing that I didn't deserve to be mistreated for serving God. I needed to replace the old thinking of my mind and refill with the new understanding that I am to take up my cross daily.
Okay, the changing of our mind won't actually be every 10,000 miles. Rather, it will be daily. We can anticipate learning from God very new things; several of which will require more than accumulation of information. Rather, it will mean we pull in to God's service station for a mind-change.
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day; II Cor. 4:16.
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