HEALTHY MINDS

By Rick Mathes

Romans 12:12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

We are to have the mind of Christ. This comes by knowing Him so well you know how He thinks. For you, reader, it’s like knowing your spouse or child so well, boss or business partner so well you know what they are thinking while they are thinking of it. So it is with our Lord. We have that close of a relationship with Him as we grow in knowing Him.

It takes a life committed to Him. Now you don’t need to be an ordained minister or give the church all your worldly possessions but you do need to do everything with attaining His approval in mind; with all the glittery world sins, packaged so attractively, this can be difficult. Thus, you need to do spiritual weight lifting, put on the armor and lift the sword in a commitment to sacrifice your likfe if you are called too.

Spirits soar if the joy of our Lord as we grow in sanctification and the Holy Spirit quickens us to prepare for our homecoming. It flows from our hert which is the source of our feelings. Jesus is the first through and the original true loved. The more we exchange who we are for who he is the more we understand and appreciate the continuing love as it should be for all.

Our hearts swell with all that gives us mental health. We need to take care of 5 pressure-points of life that are vital to our wellbeing: physical, mental, vocational, educational and spiritual. It all balances out right and so we keep our feet firmly planted on this topsy-turvy world as pilgrims that are just passing through.

Only someone with a clear conscience can enjoy these blessings of healthy minds but not definitively explain it. It is the goal of the Holy Spirit for us to be wholly His. To really stand before Him holy, there can’t be any unconfessed sin. Our whole life-time is to accomplish that lofty goal.

The key to good mental health is to acquire a good sense of who you are before the Lord. When you feel His warm embrace and know His love the Holy Spirit will see you through this temporary earth experience until we are taken home to our reward. It’s then we are returned to our first nature once again.