“…have the same
mindset as Christ Jesus…”
Philippians 2:5
I have been married
now for over 34 years and there is a ‘phenomenon’ that longevity in our relationship
has allowed me to experience.
I’m sure you’ve heard
of it – you maybe even have experienced it yourself.
It’s simply this – I start
a sentence and my wife finishes it – or visa-versa.
You see, after so
many years together in relationship, we know one another well enough to be able
to finish the other person’s thoughts.
How much more should
we desire that outcome through our relationship with Jesus?
Paul, through the inspiration
of the Holy Spirit, could not have written it more clearly than he did in
Philippians when he said: “…have the same mindset as Christ Jesus…”.
As I begin to think
like another person, guess what follows?
I begin to behave as
that person behaves.
Imagine a church
where every believer behaved just like Jesus!
How powerful would
that be?
Do you think the
world might take notice?
That man or woman who
thinks as Jesus thinks stands out in the culture.
Too often Christians
strive for ‘relevance’ as the expense of thinking as Jesus thought.
No one was – or is –
more relevant than Jesus Christ.
Not because He tries
to ‘fit in’ to culture but instead because He is The Truth.
Start thinking, start
acting, start behaving more like Jesus and the world may not be able to finish
your sentences but they will begin to take notice of a life lived differently.
So how about it, can
you finish God sentences?
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