In the gospel of Mark, Peter called Jesus the Christ.  The gospel offered us an outline of what’s to come in Jesus’ remaining days on earth.  One of this things that caught me was the end of the gospel, “You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”  This got me thinking because how can we as sinners have the right to even begin to think like God.   How do you think like someone who created the way of thinking?  

I could be that guy and say, our motive to think is our belief that god gives us an idea, but is that really the case?  In the end of the day, we can write down all of our accomplishments, we could set for positive plans, but when we look in the mirror, we are nothing but sinful human beings.  God calls us to be Holy or set apart.  God wants to us get out of the way we think and think beyond what we think our capabilities can take us. 

Somewhere along the lines, human thought became thoughts that are influenced by other people.  We’re not even thinking for ourselves anymore.  God did not give us the gift of thought with the intent of thinking like anyone else, even God himself.  He gave us the gift of thought to think for ourselves and to know the difference between what pleases the father and what upsets the father.  

I’ll end with this:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the knowledge to know the difference.

God Bless