Word to consider... Mindset

 

Mindset: a particular way of thinking : a person's attitude or set of opinions about something.

 

I am an over thinker one that overemphasizes. I feel the need to explain because I need to understand and I now realize how easily I took everything preach to me as truth without understanding. Therefore before the next blog entitled Truth the Unpopular Gospel I want to prepare you with some thoughts to consider.

 

If our mindset is “we know” it leaves little room for new information. Just think about your mindset when it comes to certain topics. Is your mind set? Often we think something is wrong just because it’s different or we haven’t heard it before. Unfortunately, Christians as a whole are the most closed minded people I know. I think the reason is because we’ve been taught incorrectly that we must guard our hearts from evil or others and that there is a wicked force trying to overcome us through a battle in our minds. So we holdfast to what we know regardless of it’s truth or value and resist anything foreign or new.

 

So, I challenge you to allow yourself to determine for yourself what is true and the validity of what I present to you. I promise you that you are strong enough and smart enough to discern truth for yourself. Are you willing to consider your mindset beforehand and perhaps be willing to consider some thing's differently?