14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. (I Corinthians 2)
Elsewhere, Paul exhorts us to set our minds not on those things that are earthly, but spiritual. It's a battle. Our minds and spirits are not tuned that way. We have a bent to focus on the physical, the earthly, and most often, the sinful. But in Christ, we have something special to help us think as we should: the mind of Christ. The way He thinks, the way He sees things is available to us through the work of the Holy Spirit. We need to choose to focus on and listen to Him, allow Him to renew our way of thinking, tear down the lies, take our thoughts captive, and live out the mind of Christ. What will we think about today?
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