Keep renewing your mind with God’s Word

Sunday August 4, 2024

Bob Gass

1 min read

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12:2 NIV

How do we renew our minds? One pastor wrote, “The way to upgrade your mind is to download scripture. Doctors…of the National Institute of Mental Health did a fascinating study asking subjects to perform a simple motor task – a finger-tapping exercise. As subjects tapped, the doctors conducted an MRI to identify what part of the brain was being activated. The subjects then practiced the finger-tapping exercise daily for four weeks. At the end of the four-week period, the brain scan was repeated. In each instance, it revealed that the area of the brain involved in the task had expanded. That simple task – a finger-tapping exercise – literally recruited new nerve cells and rewired neuronal connections. When we read scripture, we are recruiting new nerve cells and rewiring neuronal connections. In a sense, we are downloading a new operating system that reconfigures the mind. We stop thinking human thoughts and start thinking God thoughts.” “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5 NKJV). How do we fulfill that command? Paul told us how: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs” (Colossians 3:16 NKJV). Whether through preaching, teaching, reading, or singing, our brains are rewired in alignment with God’s Word, and we develop the mind of Christ. We think His thoughts. As a result, we end up doing His will instead of being led by our own will. So keep renewing your mind with God’s Word.