A Different Mind-set
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him,
and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land
where into he went; and his seed shall possess it (Numbers 14:24).
When God wanted to train and raise the
children of Israel after bringing them out
of Egypt, He used Moses. Why? The answer is simple:
He needed somebody with a different mentality from
what the children of Israel had. The children of Israel
had the slave mentality, but Moses was different. He
had been a prince in Pharaoh’s palace. You couldn’t
take that away from him. Even though he had become
a shepherd in the desert, he was a prince inside him;
his mind-set was that of a prince.
When he saw the strange sight of a bush burning,
and yet the thicket wasn’t consumed, he didn’t run away
terrified. Instead, he said, “...I will now turn aside, and
see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt” (Exodus
3:3). He was fearless. Two other Bible characters after
Moses, with a similar mind-set are Joshua and Caleb.
They had the mentality of champions; they thought as
victors. Read again the Spirit’s commendation of Caleb
in our opening verse.
When they were sent to go spy out the land God
had promised the children of Israel, they didn’t deny
that there were giants in the land. Howbeit, they saw
the giants as “bread.” Their mentality was different.
Whereas the other ten spies gave a faithless response
when asked to describe the land, Joshua’s and Caleb’s
response was from a standpoint of faith, inspired by
a mind-set of victory. This is what the Word of God
does in your life; it gives you a different mind-set; the
mentality of victory and excellence.
The Word of God causes you to think and act
right, because it’s the wisdom of God; it’s a force that
propels you to do the will of God. The Word of God
produces in you the wisdom (Greek: “Phronesis”) of the
righteous (Luke 1:17). Some Christians, even though
they’ve been made righteous, aren’t functioning with
the wisdom of the righteous. They have a “carry-over”
from the world. And that’s been their bane.
Don’t think sickness; don’t think poverty; renew
your mind with the Word, and keep declaring what
God says about you, irrespective of circumstances.
That’s the wisdom of the righteous!
Prayer
Dear Father, your Word causes me to think, talk, and act right.
Your Word enriches me with the right mental attitude to
situations and interpretations of those situations.
I have the mind-set of the righteous; therefore, I display excellence,
and triumph always in all things, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further study:
romans 12:2; daniel 6:3
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Mark 2:23-3:1-12
Leviticus 11-12
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 15:10-20
Genesis 48