It’s one thing to be told you need to renew your mind and another thing to know how to go about renewing. There are a number of things one can do and probably all are things one should do. I believe it’s not so much a question of how to begin as it is to… begin. So, what to do?
One thing that’s critical to renewal is to discover who you now are since you have accepted Jesus as Lord. Who you are is described in great deal throughout the New Testament. Ephesians does an excellent job of identifying who you now are. One of the easiest methods is to read your name every time the Word says: in Him, in Christ – that’s who we are. For example: in verse 1:3 we find that we are blessed with every spiritual blessing. In verse 4 we see we are chosen that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. So you’d say… in Christ (your name) is blessed and in Him (your name) is without blame before Him in love. But don’t just think it – say it out loud, the impact is increased in hearing that you, YOU are…
In only two verses we find we are blessed, chosen, holy, without blame. And this is only the beginning. But it begins to identify who we now are and tell us who we are to be renewed into. So discovery is the anchor of renewal. But how do we go about this. The simple answer is prayer and study.
We have a handbook and it’s called Scripture. In its pages we find who we are and in finding the who we are doing the how and are becoming renewed. Another equally important component in how is prayer -our conversation with God. Both are important in the ‘how’ to renew.
