AUGUST 22

BE LIKE-MINDED

“’Fulfill ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.” (Phil. 2:2)

Like-minded, meaning: to mind the same thing, a harmony of thought. One thing is sure, we will never become like-minded one with another until we have first come into a like-mindedness with God. It is from the Head that the truth flows throughout all members of the body. Far too often men have tried to come into agreement, to be of one accord, of one mind, yet they were not in oneness with HIS MIND to start with, and therefore could not come to terms among themselves. Surely this ONENESS WITH CHRIST demands that first and foremost our minds be in harmony with the will of God.

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.” (Phil. 2:5-6). Like-mindedness is seeing our position in Christ as God sees us. It is not usurping a position, nor claiming in self a position, but it is receiving the mind of Christ to that degree that He can impart to us HIS THOUGHTS for our calling and position in Him. Knowing that we are to be “partakers of the divine nature.” (2 Pet. 1:4).

Until we are renewed in the spirit of our mind, to where our thoughts flow with the thoughts of God toward us we have not come to the maturity of spirit to where He shall change our outward expression. Flesh-thoughts cannot change flesh. Flesh fighting flesh does not overcome flesh, it merely serves to emphasize that realm. “Which of you by taking thought can add one cubic unto his stature? (Matt. 6:27). The overcoming of the flesh, and changing of our outward expression, will have to be the result of coming into harmony – a like-mindedness of our place in Him, as He apprehends us and transforms us into His very own image.

The mind of Christ, the same to be,
The mind that dwelleth now in thee,
To know His calling, holy, high,
A full redemption drawing nigh.

Ray Prinzing