Brothers and Sisters,
I’ve had cause today to be thankful for a “sound mind.” Consider, just for a moment, what a wonderful gift is sensibleness – self-control, wisdom, reasonableness, a solid grasp on reality. Yes, we’re frail human beings, but in Christ our birthright is a sound mind. Sometimes we fight to realize that birthright; sometimes we battle to defend it; sometimes we struggle to enjoy what’s ours…but it is ours. It is ours not by anything inherent to us, but by what belongs to Jesus; by who he is, and by what he won. Of course, what’s Christ’s is only ours if we’ve been united to him; if what Paul told the Galatians is also true of us: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me (Gal. 2:20, ESV). It’s this truth that allowed Paul to write the following words to Timothy (words for which we can, and should, be profoundly thankful tonight):
“…for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control [or, in the NKJV, a sound mind].“ – 2 Tim. 1:7 (ESV)
May you enjoy tonight the resting peace that comes with the exercise of such a mind…
In Christ,
P.J.
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