Enter!

Someone has noted, "Remember when "enter" was a sign on a door and not a button on a computer." [source: calendar quote] When we push the "enter" button on the computer, we are entering information or data. We choose what goes in and press "enter". A choice is also made when it comes to that which is allowed to enter OUR MIND? What kind of information or data are we allowing to compute into the actions of our life?

During the days of the prophet Jeremiah, with regard to worship that was contrary to the approach God had made known to His people, we read. . .
"They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, NOR DID IT ENTER INTO MY MIND, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin." ( Jeremiah 32:35 ESV)

Their actions did not compute because they were contrary to THE MIND OF GOD! Offering human sacrifice was worship that had never entered HIS MIND! It was not what God desired. It was something the people had borrowed from other nations.

What is it we are allowing to enter OUR MIND? Is it THE MIND OF GOD we are seeking to possess? Is it His Will we are allowing to enter OUR MIND so that the actions of our life will be in accord with His thinking?

May our aim be that of which Paul addressed in his first letter to the church at Corinth where we read. . .
"(14) The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. (15) The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. (16) 'For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?' BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST." ( 1 Corinthians 2:14-16 ESV)

Some people have entered the wrong spiritual data because they have taken in the mind of the world instead of the MIND OF GOD. Life will only be properly spiritually discerned when we enter into thinking that is in line with the MIND OF THE LORD. May what has entered HIS MIND be allowed to enter ours so that our life actions will compute in accordance with His eternal purposes. Being mindful of the input will glorify God with the output!

Have a great day LIVING LIFE THAT COMPUTES ACCORDING TO GOD'S PROGRAMMING.
Carl

See other teEn-MAIL on Mind