Higher thoughts

As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.  Isaiah 55: 9

I am sure you have seen circulating round the internet and Facebook messages with words that appear all jumbled up and yet you can still read them.  The latest is one with numbers instead of letters and again after a moment you can read it.  It shows the abilities the brain has which we do not tap into. 

There was a picture on Facebook yesterday of an autistic young man who after just a 20 minute helicopter flight over New York, had drawn a huge intricate picture of New York with all the buildings in all their detail and in correct proportion to one another. It was incredible.

All this leads me to say that our brains and therefore our thoughts are an untapped resource. I know that statistically we only use a small percentage of our brain power and when you look at these things, you realise that is true. 

In eternity, our minds will be free from sin and restored to see, understand and think Godly thoughts.  We will understand things we did not have a clue about here; things that never made sense, especially in relation to God, will start to clarify in our minds. We have eternity to learn about things far too lofty for our minds at this moment.

However, I do not think that means we have to just sit back and wait for the sweet by and by and let our minds grind along the bottom of the sea of understanding. God wants to renew our minds, first of all to know him and then to realise what great plans and purposes he has for our lives. He wants to transform our minds so we will know his good plans for us (Romans 12:2). He wants to wash our minds with his word so that all those ungodly beliefs, doubts and insecurities get cleansed away (Ephesians 5:26).

Finally I think he wants us to know and understand things that we never knew or understood before.  He wants to open up the wonders of creation to inquiring minds and as the Creator reveal his thoughts and ways to us. He wants to release creativity in ways we have never been able to even imagine before. I believe we should be asking God not just to renew our minds to Godly thinking but also to expand them and reveal truth, wisdom and creativity to us; to help us learn and express fresh wonders every day.

Even in eternity, I do not think we will ever plumb the depths of Godly wisdom and knowledge but our renewed and liberated minds will wonder and marvel afresh at what an incredible, almighty and truly awesome God we love and serve.  Nevertheless we can start now to revel in enlarged minds that soar to higher thoughts than we ever thought possible.