You Can be Changed‏

You Can be Changed

From the writings of Sumner Wemp

Jul 10, 2009

You Can Be Changed!

YOU CAN BE CHANGED by renewing your mind! Paul wrote, “Be transformed by the renewing of your minds” (Rom. 12:2). Jesus went up the mountain with Peter, James and John and was transfigured—the same word as transformed. Matthew wrote, “His face did shine as the sun” (Matt. 17:1–2).

Paul wrote, “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit” (2 Cor. 3:18).

Why should you renew your mind? “Because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so” (Rom. 8:7). The carnal mind (the natural mind) that we are born with needs to be renewed by the Word of God and the Spirit of God. We need to live by godly principles. I like to say, “A child of God will never become a man of God without the Word of God.”

O, dear people, set your eyes, soak your soul, saturate your mind with the Word of God. We must spend 30 minutes to an hour a day reading the Word of God in order to renew our minds. It is far more important to read God’s Word and to hear from heaven than to watch TV by the hour or devour the newspaper or curl up with a novel or feed on trashy magazines. How you spend your time makes a world of difference—an eternal difference. If you are not being transformed instead of just being informed by what you read and think about, you are cheating yourself. Doesn’t that make sense?

We are called to “set our affections on things above, not on the things that are on earth” (Col. 3:2). The word affections is the Greek word phroneo, meaning “to think, to set the mind on.” The world talks about “meditation” and “contemplation,” but too often people just let their minds think about anything. You can be sure that the devil will let them think on dumb junk.

Prayer: Father, help your children to be transformed to be more like the Lord Jesus daily as they feast on the Word of God. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Quote for the Day: “Don’t give up. Moses was once a basket case!” —Author Unknown

We all need to keep our minds sharp, alert, and attentive to God because the devil is ready to place evil desires and thoughts in our minds. Spend time in the Word of God and in Prayer with Him so as to build a life long relationship.

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