Renewing the Mind

Imagine that your thoughts were like explorers slashing their way through the leaves and plants of a dense jungle. As these explorers make their way through the land, their steps and movements begin to form paths in the wilderness. After years of activity, these explorers form clear paths and smooth walkways. Naturally, the travelers who come along after them will choose to walk the already cleared trails. The routes formed by previous explorers become the preferred means of travel But the one who comes after them. That's how your thoughts work. Your mind is that jungle. Those explorers are your thoughts. Once you allow those thoughts to create certain pathways, it becomes easier for the thoughts that come after them to follow those same pathways. For some, these paths have been traveled for years, so it's difficult for them to choose another way, another manner of thinking. But if you persist in truth, you train your thoughts, you choose to create a new path. Path, and eventually the old path becomes less and less distinct. We all have the tendency to default to our old patterns of thinking, but with the help of the Holy Spirit, we can renew the mind, persist in truth, even when it's easier to default to your old way of thinking.