"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."
Isaiah 55:8-9 (NKJV)
In my lifetime I have met people from all over the world and from all walks of life. There have been several times when I have met someone who was very successful in the business world or in ministry. One thing I have noticed with these successful people is that they have a different way of thinking than most people do. There were times when I was in a conversation with someone who was successful where I realized that how they thought and how I thought was very different and I wanted to think more like them; to have their kind success I realized I had to change my thinking.
Some people have the idea that God and His thoughts are completely unknowable to us; God certainly has different thoughts than we do but we can change how we think. How does God think, what kind of thoughts does He have? Does God look at situations and think He will fail or does God have thoughts of success? Does God have depressed and fearful thoughts or does God have thoughts of peace? Does God look at people and think that they will never change or does God think He can help people? While it is true that He is God and we are not, God has given us His Word to help us change how we think to be more like Him.
To live a successful life our thoughts must become more like God's thoughts, this is something the Bible calls renewing the mind (Romans 12:2). Reading and studying the Bible can change how we think, which will change how we live. As we fill our mind with the Word of God we are filling ourselves with God's thoughts. We may have old thought patterns from the past that are holding us back from doing the things that God wants us to do and that is why we need to change how we think. As our thoughts become more like God's thoughts we will see changes happening in our lives as we are transformed to become more like Him.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."
Isaiah 55:8-9 (NKJV)
In my lifetime I have met people from all over the world and from all walks of life. There have been several times when I have met someone who was very successful in the business world or in ministry. One thing I have noticed with these successful people is that they have a different way of thinking than most people do. There were times when I was in a conversation with someone who was successful where I realized that how they thought and how I thought was very different and I wanted to think more like them; to have their kind success I realized I had to change my thinking.
Some people have the idea that God and His thoughts are completely unknowable to us; God certainly has different thoughts than we do but we can change how we think. How does God think, what kind of thoughts does He have? Does God look at situations and think He will fail or does God have thoughts of success? Does God have depressed and fearful thoughts or does God have thoughts of peace? Does God look at people and think that they will never change or does God think He can help people? While it is true that He is God and we are not, God has given us His Word to help us change how we think to be more like Him.
To live a successful life our thoughts must become more like God's thoughts, this is something the Bible calls renewing the mind (Romans 12:2). Reading and studying the Bible can change how we think, which will change how we live. As we fill our mind with the Word of God we are filling ourselves with God's thoughts. We may have old thought patterns from the past that are holding us back from doing the things that God wants us to do and that is why we need to change how we think. As our thoughts become more like God's thoughts we will see changes happening in our lives as we are transformed to become more like Him.
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