Devotional for Tuesday May 6th

Our theme for this month: “Wisdom”

Our Bible verse for today: “For who has known the Lord’s mind that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:16 (HCSB)

Our thought for today: “To have Biblical wisdom is to have the mind of Christ.”

Paul said that we have the mind of Christ. What an intriguing thought. And what could he mean by that? Does he really mean to suggest that we as the followers of Christ somehow attain the ability to think the thoughts of Jesus, and even to see things from His perspective? Actually, that’s exactly what he means.

In 1994 Professor T.W. Hunt from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary published a Bible study entitled “The Mind of Christ”. His premise was that God created us to be like Jesus. Through the process of sanctification, and as a result of practicing lifelong discipleship, we are progressively transformed more and more into the likeness of Christ. As that happens we become more and more proficient at thinking like Jesus thinks – to the point of actually thinking His thoughts. Hunt writes, “This course is about learning to think the thoughts of Christ – to have the mind of Christ!”

Learning to think like Jesus thinks, to actually have the mind of Christ, was a primary theme in the writing and teaching of the Apostle Paul.  In Romans 12:2 he exhorted us to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Through Bible study, prayer, and submission to the work of the Holy Spirit, our mind is renewed and changed – transformed from what it used to be like to now thinking the very thoughts of Jesus. In Philippians 2:5 he wrote, “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”

How do we become wise in the ways of God? How do we acquire and live by Biblical wisdom? By our own efforts? No. It happens by complete and continuous submission to Christ on a daily basis. We study the Bible, we pray, we actively and intentionally ask the Holy Spirit to transform us, to conform us, to help think like Jesus and to see the world and people the way that He sees them.

Biblical wisdom involves actually thinking the thoughts of Jesus, having the mind of Christ. It’s not only possible, for the Christian it’s essential. If you don’t already do so then I encourage you to develop the habit of placing yourself in a position before God everyday whereby He can transform your thinking and develop in you the mind of Christ.

God Bless,