Mind Renovation

I refuse to make any more New Year’s resolutions. I can’t take the disappointment. Despite the sincerity of my intentions, such perennial acts of the will usually fail. Why is that?
My first book, Master Mind, presented the notion that improper human behavior often stems from erroneous thinking. I am still thoroughly convinced of this fact. As long as we remain entrenched in our natural human thought patterns, we will struggle to rise above selfishness, nasty habits, and dirty politics. If we want to walk in holiness before God and function fruitfully in his kingdom, we must make some serious changes in the way we think. We must learn to think like God.
I refer to this transformational necessity as a mind renovation because we need to go beyond simply adding a few biblical truths to what naturally resides in our craniums. Like a typical bathroom or kitchen renovation, the project gets done only through an untidy process of tearing out the old before bringing in the new. This is not a Band-Aid solution. Something drastic and chaotic must happen, despite the fact that we may fool ourselves into thinking otherwise.
And so we continue the journey, for that’s what it is. Learning to think like God is an ongoing voyage. No discussion of God’s thoughts could ever be considered exhaustive. Master Mind began the journey. Mind Renovation is another step along the way. Like that old house that inspires one renovation project after another, the process of our own mind renovation will, most likely, be an ongoing undertaking until the day we meet the Master face to face.
My first book, Master Mind, presented the notion that improper human behavior often stems from erroneous thinking. I am still thoroughly convinced of this fact. As long as we remain entrenched in our natural human thought patterns, we will struggle to rise above selfishness, nasty habits, and dirty politics. If we want to walk in holiness before God and function fruitfully in his kingdom, we must make some serious changes in the way we think. We must learn to think like God.
I refer to this transformational necessity as a mind renovation because we need to go beyond simply adding a few biblical truths to what naturally resides in our craniums. Like a typical bathroom or kitchen renovation, the project gets done only through an untidy process of tearing out the old before bringing in the new. This is not a Band-Aid solution. Something drastic and chaotic must happen, despite the fact that we may fool ourselves into thinking otherwise.
And so we continue the journey, for that’s what it is. Learning to think like God is an ongoing voyage. No discussion of God’s thoughts could ever be considered exhaustive. Master Mind began the journey. Mind Renovation is another step along the way. Like that old house that inspires one renovation project after another, the process of our own mind renovation will, most likely, be an ongoing undertaking until the day we meet the Master face to face.