Mental development involves mimicking and conforming to the culture we live in. Conforming to that cultures way of thinking is easy and comfortable for us. In some ways it can be helpful for us to know and relate with our culture, but conforming to our cultures way of thinking can also destroy us. The admonition of scripture is that we are called to think differently than the world by having our minds renewed.
This transformation from one way of thinking to an entirely different way is a challenge for us. If our mind has been renewed with truth we now stand in opposition to worldly thinking. Conflicting with our culture is always more difficult than conforming to it, but this is the natural result of a transformed life.
Renewed minds know the will of God and this reality is evidenced by a completely changed lifestyle. God’s will is perfect and good so if we are living according to this knowledge our lives will validate His goodness. In order for that to happen we must be set free from worldly thinking. Once the mind has been renewed and the life has been transformed our lives will be acceptable to God.
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” (Romans 12:1)
~Selah
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