Winstona Cole

The Mind

There’s work to be done. Take your eyes off your circumstances and keep it on the Lord. Peter walked on water when he kept his eyes on Jesus. In his mind, he might have been saying “on Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand, He is my firm foundation, my solid rock, my dry ground. I sure can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” I am coming Lord I am coming. Wait a minute Lord I just need to make sure this water is solid! Oh my goodness! Water is not solid, it is liquid and I am walking on it. What was I thinking! And really looking down with his natural eyes he started drowning because he stopped focusing on God. You cannot focus on God and the problem and be victorious.

 

The mind has just one eye and can only look at one thing at a time. The expression is “your mind’s eye” and not “your mind’s eyes.” It sees one thing and not another at one time. Your mind just needs a little push in the wrong direction and it will keep going. It will not exit until it has gone around the block. That is why the Bible says keep your mind stayed on Christ. Romans 12:2 says be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Transformation is a process and happens only when you constantly renew your mind with God’s word. The mind is deceitful above all else who can know it. The mind is the danger zone. You can stay away from destruction by renewing your mind with God’s word. Murder is committed in the mind, abortion, infidelity, sexual immorality are all committed in the mind.

 

Back to Peter and I believe that Peter started drowning after he entertained the thought that no one walks on water and stays afloat. In his mind, he said he was going to drown and boom he started going down. Had he kept his mind on Christ, he would have surely completed the water walk.