God is He who sees(Ge 16:13). 

He searches minds, hearts, words and deeds(Ps 139:1-2), and 

He gives peace and life to the mind that is controlled by the Spirit(Rm 8:6). 



Faith is knowing that the mind of my spirit is watched by Him and 

The life of this faith is doing the work of the Spirit and having the mind of the Spirit at all times. 



Man is a thinking being and, thus, 

He lives by his mind. 

While there are those who live for the moment following their fleshly senses, 

There are those who think deeply of the meaninglessness of life(Ps 94:11; Ecc 3:20). 

Then, there are Christians who think of heaven where their souls will go. 



All men became burdened by 

The price of sin in their spirit and curse in life(Ge 2:17, Ge 3:16-19), because 

It was the result of the mind of their ancestor Adam who was 

Deceived by the devil and wanted to be like God(Ge 3:4-6). 



Furthermore, all but Noah and his family drowned in the great flood 

As a result of the wickedness of their thoughts(Ge 6:5-7). 



The commandment that Israel received from God was 

For them to consider God(Ps 50:22). 

By keeping the Passover, they remembered God who delivered them(Ps 78:42), and 

By giving sacrifices every year in the sanctuary, they remembered their sins(He 10:3). 

Thus, they remember the Lord, even in distance and 

The temple was in their hearts(Ps 11:4; Jer 51:50). 



The prophets warned them that 

The continued disasters they faced was the fruit of their schemes(Jer 6:19), 

But the Lord had in plan to give them hope and a future(Jer 29:11). 



Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days(Jn 2:19-20), 

Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body, 

He would reveal that He is the God who sees. 

As such, He read evil thoughts of men(Mt 9:4, Mt 15:9): 

He knew the evil thoughts of Judas who would betray Him and 

The humanist thoughts of Peter who tried to oppose the thoughts of God(Mt 16:23). 



As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished(Jn 19:30), declaring that He: 

1. Thought of the Father who sees even as He died(Jnh 2:7; Lk 23:46); 

2. Judged the devil who said in his heart that he would be like God(Is 14:12-15; 1Jn 3:8); and 

3. Paid the price of the sins of all souls and with His blood did a new work(Is 43:18-19; Mt 20:28). 

He rose and sat on the heavenly throne. 



The Holy Spirit comes to 

Souls made new by the blood of Jesus and 

Lets them fix their thoughts on Jesus(He 3:1): 

Who He is, what He did and what He said, 

Also His name, His kingdom, His body the church and the souls given to them etc. 



The man of the Spirit knows that 

He has citizenship in heaven(Php 3:20). 

His mind is not on earthly or fleshly things(Rm 8:6; Php 3:19; Col 3:2). 

Rather, he has his heart set on things above, spiritual things(Rm 8:5; Col 3:1). 

Therefore, he repents quickly for humanist and evil thoughts(Jn 13:2; Rev 2:5), 

Overcomes evil thoughts by the word of God(Mt 4:3-4), and 

Takes captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ(2Co 10:5), for 

When the Savior from heaven Jesus returns 

He longs to have his lowly body be transformed to be a glorious body and 

Enter heaven(Php 3:20-21). 



O Lord, 

Every minute of the day, 

Whether we are suffering, lonely, sad or unfairly treated¦ 

Let us all fix our thoughts on Jesus alone and 

Set our hearts on heaven. 

Let there be peace! 

And when You appear from there 

Let us have the fruit of our spiritual mind and 

See You face to face! 

Amen.