A New Way of Thinking

Romans 12:2 “Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change (transform) you inside with a new way of thinking.” This thought intrigued me as I meditated on it for a while.  Becoming “transformed” is fundamental to our faith. It is the change of our hearts and minds to be more like Christ. 

Looking deeper into this transformation, I realized some amazing things.  Not only should our thoughts and actions be changed, but those changes are an offering to God.  The Matthew Henry Commentary says that they are a “sweet smelling fragrance” to the Lord. As we understand more truth from His word and respond by applying those truths to our lives, our thoughts improve, and we are changed.

The transformation of our mind includes adopting new attitudes and dispositions, developing new compassions, rectifying old thoughts, and living by new principles.  It involves dying more to our old ways and allowing Christ’s ways to increase in us. As God turns us, he supplies grace for us to change.  When we submit to His turning, we are transformed. 

We are living epistles, as we are encountered by the world, let’s allow our transformation to be clearly apparent. “It is no more I, but Christ who dwells in me.” Galatians 2:20