Romans 12:2 Don’t copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
We’ve had to replace our dish drainer and laundry basket as they’d both cracked badly. The trouble is the replacements are not the same as the old ones and my brain doesn't like having to adjust! The laundry basket won’t fit under the washing machine door and there isn’t enough space for the cups to drain! All so very trivial but for the first couple of days I had to adjust my thinking to use them!🤣
In our verse the Holy Spirit has told us to renew our minds, to make adjustments and change our thinking and it can be one of the hardest things to do! We are so used to thinking one way, or doing things a certain way that our brains baulk at change and very often resist it.
We all know God’s ways and thoughts are not like ours which is why He instructs us to let go our thoughts and come in line with His Word, which tells us His thoughts. If we do, He says we can then know His will for our lives.😊
Sometimes the Holy Spirit helps us see something in scripture in a new way, a light bulb moment, but our religious tradition, or upbringing, jumps on it and we just let it go. I was talking to a friend from over 50 years ago and I discovered he’d decided not to accept the teaching in scripture about the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit. He wasn’t willing to change the way he thought about it because it didn’t fit with his denomination and he had in effect quenched the Holy Spirit.
I’m sure we all have thoughts where adjustments are needed, thoughts that need changing, and my prayer is that we open our hearts to hear what the Lord wants to say to us, that we don’t quench Him just because it may not be in line with what we’ve thought before.
We all need ongoing transformation and there’s so much more for us all to learn isn’t there?😊 I pray we can humble ourselves to say ‘whatever Your Word says Lord, I’ll agree with it’. Amen.
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