Mindset, Motive, and Methodology

Before the turn of the new calendar year, let’s us reflect upon things that we need to change–aspects of our lives that God is calling us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds in.

On October 9, 2006 I wrote this while having a coffee at a downtown Starbucks:

It’s amazing how quickly things can change… but what’s equally amazing is how some things have never really changed at all.  The truth is some things are probably never going to happen; and there things that are not going to change.

Nevertheless, we wonder… are there things in our world that can change??–things in our experience that can be altered?  Are there things within the sovereign will of God that we have been given the ability to control?  Are there aspects of our lives that we have been given the freedom to choose…that we must deal with personally so as to give glory to God and show the world that Christ is supreme?

The answer, of course, is YES–there is!  From what Paul has said to the Philippians in chapter 1 verses 12-20 of his letter to them, the apostle himself exhorts us that we can change a number of important things in our lives.  In these verses, I have found that God, through Paul, calls us even in this postmodern day to intentionally change that which can be changed–things we have control over–namely our mindset, motive, and methodology.  In these 3 areas, let us examine and evaluate ourselves, and to check and change that which needs to be changed.

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