Renewing Your Mind

You know I found it interesting the other day when I read Romans 12:2 for the millionth time.
Romans 12:2, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – His good, pleasing and perfect will.”
I've read this verse so many times and honestly the only thing that registered to me was the "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world." But when you look into the rest of the verse, it says to be transformed by the renewing of your mind. THEN you will be able to test and approve what God's will is.

This verse has taken root in my heart lately as I've begun to take captive those negative thoughts that I have allowed to become higher than Christ, I have started to realize that really what is happening is a renewing of my mind. I truly believe that this renewing of my mind is really taking my selfish mind, MY personal mind, and letting it become like Christ's mind. In place of my personal, selfish mind, I allow Christ's mind to be my mind.

You know the bracelets WWJD? What would Jesus do? I wanna change them to say WWJT. What would Jesus think? I mean really our thoughts provoke our behaviour. There's a verse somewhere that talks about out of the overflow of our heart the mouth speaks. What is in your mind? What are you thinking about? What are you dwelling on? Because what you are dwelling on will most likely be what your behaviour is showing. If you are showing negative behaviour maybe it's time to look at your thinking to see what is going on. More importantly what would Jesus be thinking in a situation when things got a little bit tough for Him? How would He react? Would He find positive in it or would He complain about it and be negative towards it?

The next part of that verse says, "then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is." Wow! When we have a renewed mind, then we will be able to test and approve what God's will is. When we have a renewed mind, a Christ like mind, we will know the mind of Christ, and therefore when situations arise where we have to make a decision we can make a good decision because we have the mind of Christ and we will KNOW what His will is.