Haderekh Messianic Devotional

"Daniel, 'was found to have a keen mind' the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems..." Daniel 5:12 (NIV) So often in the believers life it is easy to become concerned about your heart issues, but not sure what to do about your mind! You can even sometimes end up with the impression that your mind is a hindrance to Yehovah, and that it is more important to feel than to think! However, Yehovah wants to have informed, well-rounded people, who love Him with all of their heart and mind. Many people carry labels from their school days, where they were told that...

'you are not mindful of the things of Yehovah, but the things of men' Matthew 16:23 (NKJV) So often the ways in which we have been taught to think, can become a hindrance to the purposes of Yehovah in our lives. In this narrative from the Bible, Peter allowed his natural emotions and logic to direct his decision making, and response to Yeshua. He didn't want Yeshua to go to Jerusalem as it was dangerous, so his natural thinking concluded that it must therefore be wrong, however Yeshua had to correct him! Most of the processes of thinking and deduction taught in secular education are contrary...

'Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let Yehovah re-mold your minds from within,' Romans 12:2 (PHILLIPS) What a graphic picture is painted by the J. B. Phillips translation of this passage! The peer pressure which influences how believers think is so subtle that often it is hard to recognise when you have moved away from a position of faith and purity, because your mind gets squeezed! Keep washing your mind with the truth of the Word of Yehovah, or you will quickly lose your life's reference point. It is easy to allow your thinking to be influenced by the media,...