Stinkin’ Thinkin’

The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. – Isaiah 8:11

As I have been teaching through this series on the Kingdom of God, there has been one recurring theme: If we are going to live kingdom lives it means our thinking must be different than that of everyone else.

Politicians want us to vote one party or the other because–obviously–”our party stands for God and the other does not.”

Culture wants us to think that truth changes as time goes on; that since we are in a modern era, we need modern thinking and the old, out-dated wisdom no longer applies.

Christians want us to think that we are in an “us vs. them” world and that we should isolate ourselves. When someone offends us with their lifestyle they can “go to hell” for all we care. (A “Christian” I know just recently used that very phrase…and, sadly, he was serious about it.)

Then comes along Jesus and He says off the wall things like: “Love your enemies,” and “The first will be last and the last will be first,” and “Whoever wants to be greatest in the Kingdom of God must first become your slave.”

That does not compute.

Its only when we realize that “The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does,” that we truly begin living in in the kingdom.

So let’s stop thinking like politicians, the culture and Christians. Instead, let’s strive to have “the mind of Christ..”