“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.”
Romans 12:2-3 NASB
http://bible.com/100/rom.12.2-3.nasb
I love how the verse that talks about renewing our mind precedes the verse in how to think of ourselves. Isn't it funny that it says not to think more highly than we ought to think, but it doesn't say what we ought to think? 😆 God wants to talk to you about you in your relationship with him. He wants you to learn to use the mind of Christ. I say use, because we all have it and most of us don't employ it. We still think with bitterness, unforgiveness, rejection, fear, worry. When we try to solve life with ourselves as the solution, we miss the mark. That's what sin is; missing the mark. We can't fix ourselves; we have to die.
The Holy Spirit wants to teach you how to think. I love how Graham Cooke says, "If the thought you're thinking isn't working for you, have another thought!"
When we start aligning our thoughts with His, the fruit of the spirit doesn't grow up funky. Lol. We had a barn when I was young that we stored potatoes in. Some rolled under their racks and hibernated. Then they'd sprout but look really weird; long, pale and alien-like. That's us with an unrenewed mind.
God never used the term 'wretched sinner' to refer to us. Those are our words, and they are wrong. God came as the son of man to die for His creation. He feels passionately about us. He alone decides our worth, and we were worth it.
Bill Johnson says, "I can't afford to have a thought in my head about myself that isn't His."
What would happen if we began to think like Jesus, and see ourselves as He sees us?
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