The mind of Christ

My mind is a funny thing. It sometimes seems to have a will of it's own. I know what is right and good in Christ. I have the bible as my guide and The Lord Jesus as my role model. Then someone says something that just really gets to me. Someone judges me or makes a statement that says I am wrong. My mind goes into a tailspin. How dare they! Who do they think they are? How cruel! My mind dwells on it. It consumes my thoughts. All of the sudden my mind is on the negative and I am sitting in darkness. How did I get here?

Brother Brian spoke this Sunday on Ephesians 4. Verse 1 tells us to walk worthy of the vocation in which we are called. It goes on to say in verse 2, " With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love;".

The last thing I was thinking of when this happened recently was long suffering and forbearing in love. So where was my mind? I know the word of God. I have studied it and meditated on it. Why does my mind want to flee from it as soon as I am wounded? For one thing I know that my mind is steered by my heart. It is a heart problem. It is also a programing that I have had from the world. The world says "don't take it!" "fight back!". God says "love your enemy, do good to those who hurt you". He also says follow ME, Do as I do, walk as I walk. Jesus was mocked. The Son of God was said to be a devil. He was spit on and jeered at. People talked about how to get rid of him and HE loved them.

OK, so now can I do the right thing with love, without dragging my feet? I am going to try. I really believe that God uses these times to not only point out weakness but to teach and refine our hearts. As long as I have the word of God to guide me, the Spirit will speak through it and my heart will come around. It is a process, a refining, a metamorphosis. Maybe it is the moving from the spiritual child stage to the adult stage. I believe God is saying it is time to grow up (past time!).

For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge?
But we have the mind of Christ(the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His Heart. 1 Corinthians 2:16 AMP

I thank the Lord for His working in me. I thank Him for His loving chastisement.
Growing hurts sometimes but it is always a blessing.

Lori