Hello everyone, I am here again to share God’s word with you all, I pray that you will open your heart so that Jesus can dominate you and your thoughts. I strongly believe that I’m welcomed
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:1-2 KJV).
The word "Mind" means many things to different people depending on their belief, culture, ethnic group, etc. some could refer mind to heart; I met someone who says the mind is the thinking faculty of a person. Whatever the case may be, we are going to look at it together
According to Wikipedia – the free encyclopedia, “The mind is the set of faculties including cognitive aspects such as consciousness, imagination, perception, thinking, intelligence, judgment, language, and memory, as well as noncognitive aspects such as emotion and instinct”.
For me, I will simply say that the mind is what you are made of, your mind describes you, how you think and handle situations depends on the state of your mind. Talking about the mind is so broad that I can’t exhaust it now. The state of your mind affects everything we do in our daily life, if you see a student who is not doing well academically, check very well and you will discover that part of the reason is the state of his or her mind.
Few years back I use to find Mathematics very difficult and I was so afraid of it until I encountered a man who helped me out of it. The Man began by asking me “do you know why Mathematics is difficult for you”? and I said no then He looked at me and smiled, he said Mathematics is difficult for you because of your mindset, he said so many things that I can’t say it here and one of keyword he used was "everything depends on the mindset you use in approaching it". Since that day I was able to overcome the fear of Mathematics likewise every other thing I may want to do.
That was on the physical, but looking at the above Scripture, we see that even God wants us to approach things with the right mindset. The first step to having this right mindset is presenting our lives to him to rule us, to do anything he wants to do with us. Presenting your body as a living sacrifice in that passage simply implies that we should come to that point of total surrender, allowing him (God) to do whatever he wants to do with our lives. There is nothing else you can do that will be reasonable to God when you don’t first present your body as a living sacrifice to him.
“…be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
Transforming and renewing the mind here is very vital; it is only when your mind is renewed that you will be able to really know what God’s will is. Everything will always look good for a normal person but it takes a renewed mind to know what is good and what God wants from him or her. A person whose mind has been renewed doesn’t talk carelessly, he/she is always conscious all the time.
I plead with you to check your life; do you have this renewed mind? Are you a living sacrifice? If not go to Him through his Son (Jesus) and he will surely grant your request.
Thank you,
I am @tim-ini
I am grace personified