Whatever we allow our minds to engage on is eventually what we will think and do. I believe we were designed to be in a perpetual state of growth, learning to grow with healthy ideas, new concepts, and new discoveries. This kind of learning will take the mind to the level it was designed by God to be at in the first place.
We can see that the world operates in a way that is always inviting the mind to do the opposite of what it was designed to think and do. The mind can be polluted. For instance, the mind receives information from many sources. Some of these sources are helpful but others can cause damage to our thinking process. Many books have been written about how to achieve your goals and always point out something that you are lacking or something you need to achieve your goals.
I am a believer that learning healthy things are a great investment. I spend valuable time learning what truly makes things work. For instance, I watched a program on how a seed grows. What makes it grow? We know the seed first has to be placed in good soil. Then you add water, fertilizer, and sun to make the seed grow. Our minds work in the same way.
Jesus also uses a seed as an example of the mind. In Matthew 13:3-8, Jesus describes the parable of the seed. The parable states: A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
In the same chapter (Matthews 13:18-23) Jesus explains the parable. Here are a few of the concepts Jesus explained:
- Everything we hear is a seed either good or bad.
- Everything we think is a seed either good or bad.
- Everything we do is because a seed is sown into our minds and hearts.
- We also are a seed that will eventually produce whatever we allow from the information that we receive.
The mind and heart are the most important element in this parable because it filters the information that we receive. The information will eventually go into our heart (the ground in the parable) and it will grow to produce that which was sown. That’s why it is important to pay attention to what we hear and what we see and not to get caught up in what other people want us to get involved in. We have a choice to say yes or no because we train ourselves with the word of God.
In Romans 12:1-2, Paul urgently instructed us to renew our minds from the scriptures so the information of the scriptures will become our way of life. Romans 12:2: Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect (emphasis mine).
Is it possible? Absolutely. Be determined to renew your mind daily with God’s word.
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