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BE SPIRITUAL MINDED (Part 1)

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“For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” Romans 8:6 NKJV

While it may not be possible to have a trouble-free voyage across the ocean of life, it is possible to have a peaceful journey despite the raging storm of life.

Peace does not necessarily mean the absence of a storm. On the contrary, it means calmness and tranquility amid the storm.

The Lord Jesus Christ demonstrated this when He slept in a sinking boat amid a great storm (Matthew 8:23-26). Jesus would have slept throughout the voyage despite the storm if not for He was woken up by his fearful and fretful disciples traveling with Him.

This kind of supernatural peace is available to all believers in Christ. Every born-again believer has received supernatural peace from Christ—the peace that surpasses all understanding (John 14:27, 16:33, Phil. 4:7).

Therefore, like Jesus Christ, you also can experience the tranquility of mind amid a great storm. If you allow it, the peace of God can reign in your heart while you are going through any storm in life.

That is why the Scripture commands, “Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.” (Col. 3:15 NKJV).

Then, why are many believers today not experiencing, enjoying, and manifesting the peace of God in their minds and emotions?

It is simply because they are not spiritually minded!

While it is true that as a born-again believer, you already have God’s kind of peace in your born-again spirit, you may remain restless, stressed, fearful, or fretful throughout your lifetime if you are not spiritually minded.

Paul expressly states this truth in his epistle to the Romans.

Romans 8:5-7 – NKJV

 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.

Being born again does not automatically result in experiencing supernatural peace amid a storm; instead, being spiritually minded or setting your mind on the Spirit guarantees a life of peace despite the storm.

What does it mean to be spiritually minded?

First, to be spiritually minded implies being God-conscious.

You are spiritually minded when your mind is set, fixed, or focused on God and not on yourself, other people, or your circumstances or situations.

Being spiritually minded is being preoccupied with God’s thoughts. It is setting your thoughts and affections on God. It is meditating on God’s love, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, power, and miracles, even amid your storms.

When your mind is set, stayed, or fixed on God, you will experience and manifest God’s kind of peace despite your circumstances, challenges, or trials.

The Scripture assures, “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”(Isaiah 26:3 NKJV).

Second, to be spiritually minded is to let the Word of Christ saturate and dominate your mind.

You are spiritually minded when you live by the word or teaching of Christ. Being spiritually minded implies letting the word or teaching of Christ saturate, dominate, control, govern, direct, and guide your thoughts, words, emotions, and actions.

When you mind the words of Christ, you are spiritually minded; Christ’s words are spirit and life (John 6:63). It is being minded of the words of Christ that guarantees peace amid any storm in life!

This is why Paul admonishes us to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly.

Colossians 3:16 – AMP

16 Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts.

Friend, seek to be spiritually minded in  this  half of the New Year!

Learn more about being spiritually minded in Part 2.

 

Prayer:

Help me, Holy Spirit, to be spiritually minded this New, in Jesus’ name. Amen.


Our mandates is to Preserving the faith of the Apostolic Generation.

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