Family Resemblance

You need to make one of the most important decisions of your life: are you going to have the mind of Christ, or allow the thinking of this world to dominate your thoughts?

It is God’s desire that you submit how you think about things to the way God Almighty thinks about things. It is here that your reasoning becomes Holy Spirit-led. You begin to have a mind full of life, pleasing to the Lord. 

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus” Philippians 2:5 

“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord,” Isaiah 1:18a

If you and I are reasoning together with the Lord, we are partnering with Him to not only think how He thinks but also act like He acts. When we do this, we reflect Jesus, and that’s the whole point of being part of the family of God – to show a family resemblance!

The more you think like God, the more you look and act like Him. Knowing He is love, light, good, righteous, and pure, you should be begging daily to have the mind of Christ.

Well, good news! We don’t have to beg because heirs are part of the family, not beggars. All we have to do to have the mind of Christ is freeze out ungodly thoughts and replace them with thankfulness, praise, worship, and anything admirable or good.

When you refuse to get a Christ-centered worldview, or get addicted to the thrill of anger, the high of being offended, and the adrenaline rush that is rage, that’s when you partner with hell. That hell will be the only thing people see as your witness is crushed by wrong thinking, followed by wrong actions.

Hear me now: that’s not you!