"For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
"Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." Romans 8:5-7
The mind is a terrible thing to waste. And you need not waste yours. God desires that you have a sound mind. God doesn't tell you to do something or to be something and then leave you alone to try and ascend to it. What God does, is tell you how to do something or how to be something and then shows you through example and confirms it by His own Word. God doesn't expect that you will have a naturally tendency to use your mind for the glory of God. God knows that your natural tendency is of a lessor sort. So when God speaks to you through His Word, not only does He speak to you, but God speaks into you, if you receive it.
As you seek after God's will, (your mind being influenced by the mind of God), when God speaks into you, what God speaks into you, becomes part of who you are. God speaks into your mind the things of God and then you seek after and thrive on the things of God more than ever. Your natural or carnal mind changes into a spiritual mind every time you hear and abide in the Word of God. When God speaks into you, His Word is performed in you and through you, when it becomes true for you.
When God speaks to you, what God has said is not yet yours. you cannot operate in or under its authority until it is yours, and it becomes yours by believing it and receiving it, by faith. We need a generation of men and women that will believe what God says.
There is carnally minded and there is spiritually minded, and there is a war going on in the mind between these two poles. Spiritually minded is seeking life and everything associated with being a child of the living God. Carnally minded, is seeking life and everything associated with satisfying our base desires, without including God in the equation.
God is interested in your mind and what you think, and that is evident in the way that God created you. Think about it, the written Word was developed for use by your mind and it is your mind that activates the truths within the Word of God. The Word of God gives you insight into the mind of God.
God knows that only through communion with God in prayer, i. e., (your mind and the mind of Christ uniting in will and purpose) can you find solace and fulfillment in the pursuit of what ever it is. Sure you can find pleasure, but for lasting and meaningful satisfaction, you had better bring God in on it.
God knows that only through communion with God in prayer, operating in a way that you allow your mind to be apprehended by God so that He can fill you with His will can you accomplish the tasks at hand with integrity.
I'll tell you a truth you already know. You make far too many decisions without consulting your Father in heaven.
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