No Need To Check Your Brain At the Door

# 739- Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 15:22,23 And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. (Mr 15:22) The crucifixion would take place outside the walls of Jerusalem on a hill called Golgatha. (Place of a skull) so named because of the shape of the hill. What a fitting place for the Savior of mankind to die. For it is the skull that encases the mind. Now stick with me here. When, by faith, we receive Christ, we are crucified with Him (Gal 2:20) and when that occurs our old mindset is also crucified and we receive the mind of Christ. This is absolutely necessary because the mind of Adam must be put under the cross, or we will allow reason to become our god. 1Co 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For "who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.” This does not mean that we check our brains at the door. It simply means we put them under the authority of and at the disposal of Christ. The truth is, as a Christian, you will exercise God's gift of reasoning to its greatest extent! Furthermore, the Holy Spirit reminds us in Ro 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Golgatha! The place of the skull. A place to remind us that as followers of Christ, we have been re-”minded.” Beloved, never allow the transforming process to bog down. Keep meditating on God's Word. It is through meditation of God's Word and application of His Word in day to day living, that the fruit of godly reasoning is produced. Father, help me view my surroundings today through the mind of Christ.