Renew your Gold Mine

Your mind is a gold mine. If your mind isn’t renewed you’ll only be able to go so far in life. Your mindset determines your drive in life. Having a renewed mind daily ensures yesterday’s struggles don’t hinder today’s progress. Your mind holds your creativity, logic, it holds your perspective. Your mind is part of your soul. The things you’ve dealt with in the past contributes to the shape of your mind and that’s why it’s important to renew it with the Word of God daily. The things you went through, going through or will go through can also affect your perspective so having your mind renewed with the right stuff can keep your perspective right. Having the right perspective is key in life. Generally what you think about most is what you tend to believe. And what you tend to believe is generally what you end up acting out. So having the Word of God in your mind and heart can keep you in the right place.

Having the right mindset, that renewed mindset, can keep you resilient in life. A renewed mind will allow you to bounce back after feeling whatever life throws your way. It’ll allow you to see yourself the way God sees you. It’ll allow you to begin to live the Word of God out in your life. It’ll allow you to believe the Word of God. As many know, the biggest battles take place in the mind because the devil knows that if he can distort your mind he can detour or distract you from the place where God wants you to go, your destiny. That’s also why it’s important to shut down negative thoughts patterns when you first have them. Don’t feed or entertain crazy thoughts because thoughts precede actions. As the bible says in 2 Corinthians 10: 3-6 KJV”3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.” and the NLT versions says it this way “3 We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. 4 [a]We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. 5 We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. 6 And after you have become fully obedient, we will punish everyone who remains disobedient.” So you have to capture and eliminate that crazy thought immediately. Fight mind battles with the Word. One of the most effective weapons on the devil is the Word of God.

So no matter what happens on a daily in your life protect your mind, your goldmine, by keeping it renewed. No matter if you just lost your job or just got out of a bad relationship, renew your mind with the Word of God and keep moving forward. Stay in the race. -Eri Holmes @EriHolmes