Posted by Pastor Jim on
February 06, 2012 02:43
“What do you think about that?” Who hasn’t been asked that question before? While it may be more of an offer to state our opinion, preference or point of view, we usually can give an immediate answer as to what we “think? Why is that? Because we’re always doing it. Can’t really help ourselves. It’s what we do all day long. Our minds are constantly engaged in the thought process. Without even realizing it, many of us are doing some serious meditating. That is simply the practice of dwelling on certain thoughts continually. Unfortunately, most of the time these thoughts are of a negative, unbelieving nature. This is the condition of natural man. That’s why Jesus very first sermon had to address this. It was a fairly short message but well worth noting. “Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:14,15). A grand total of 18 words. But the point was clearly made. Since Jesus had come to bring the Kingdom of God to earth, if man was going to enter that Kingdom, access that Kingdom and operate that Kingdom, he would need to do two things: repent and believe. It all starts with repenting. Change your mind. That is all repenting is. Has nothing to do with feelings, actions or a determination to do or be better. Once we change our thinking, other changes will follow. The Kingdom of God is here and available but it won’t do us any good until we change our mind. I want to encourage you to pay attention to what you spend most of your time thinking about. If you are not accustomed to dwelling on the blessings and promises of God, it’s time to repent. Change your mind and watch everything else change too. What do you think about that?