Who Do You Think Like?

There is really nothing like an affirmation. Even when you know something is true, to receive confirmation from an independent source is a gift from God. One of the main points of the SoulShift sermon series is that the reason we have failed to change our communities, country, even the world is because we are not thinking like Christ. Like Peter, we are usually not thinking God’s thoughts but human thoughts (Matthew 16:23). George Barna, in his book Think Like Jesus, says of the American state of mind, “It seems that Christians are more affected by society than society is affected by Christians. Why is that? Perhaps because more than nine out of every ten born-again Christians fail to think like Jesus; they think like the rest of the world, so they naturally behave like the citizens of this world, too.” It is not because they are not saved, or do not witness, or don’t try hard enough…it’s because they fail to think like Jesus. And thinking like Jesus is not something we learn by reading a book or following a program or attending a function like Lay Speaker’s Courses, Emmaus, or even worship. While each of these can help us, we must shift…we learn to think like Jesus from Jesus…by being in relationship with Jesus…by getting to know Him like we know our spouse, or children, or parents. There is no substitute for the reward of a relationship.