THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW!

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.

I know I have a tendency to burn things and remember one morning a few years ago I had burnt a piece of toast to a cinder and it was smoking out the kitchen and reeking the house out. So I grabbed it quickly, opened the window wide and just threw it out the window on to the garden! No more horrible smell!🤣

As I  thought about it I realised we probably all have some things in our thinking that might also need throwing out the window! When we do have wrong thoughts they can smell our house out too because they stink of unforgiveness, or worry or resentment, or prejudice, or maybe stubbornness in wanting to do things our own way.

God knows that if our thinking is not in line with His word then our words and actions won’t be right either because one leads to the other.  If you’ve ever thought you’d like to be different then God says we can be, but it happens by renewing our minds, by changing what we think and He wants that for us all, not just a few.🙂

He wants us to think right and believe right, about God Himself, about His Word, about ourselves and others. There was nothing I could do with that slice of toast except throw it out as it was unacceptable to eat, and there are some thoughts we have, that might have been entrenched for years, and God says, “Time to throw them out. They are no longer acceptable.” I put my hand up!

Do you ever have critical or judgmental thoughts? Well God says “Time to throw them out!” How about apathetic, or ‘it’s too much effort’ thoughts? Time to throw them out too! 

Transformed there means the same as when a caterpillar transforms into a beautiful butterfly. God is wanting to transform us into something amazing but it’s our thinking that can be hindering us.

Perhaps it’s time to ask the Lord to show us where we have any wrong thinking or wrong believing and ask Him to do a ‘transformation job’ on us. I know I so need it, but I also know that even though caterpillars have quite a struggle breaking out of their cocoon, when they do emerge, it is all worth it. 

If a butterfly is anything to go by, I know if we’ll allow God to transform our minds, we will be thrilled with the results in our own lives, even if it is a struggle. By faith I can already see our beautiful new wings beginning to unfurl.😊