Get Re-Molded!
"And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that
you may prove what is that good and acceptable
and perfect will of God."
Romans 12:2
If you've ever stepped barefooted on your child’s LEGO®
brick in the middle of the night, you have the Hyatt brothers
to thank. In 1872, these American
inventors created the first
injection molding process whereby raw material, like plastic,
is squeezed into a mold and hardened.
Molding: making malleable materials conform to a desired
shape. It happens not only with physical material like plastic
but with spiritual material like us! It’s why, when British Bible
translator J. B. Phillips translated Romans 12:2, he put it this
way: “Do not let the world around you squeeze you into its
own mold.”
What's the defense against being molded into this world’s
image? The renewing of your mind. Again, J. B. Phillips:
“But let God re-mold your minds from within..” The
result
of being “re-molded”? Discovering “good and
acceptable
and perfect will of God.”
Before coming to Christ, our minds are molded to a
shape of this world. The renewing of our mind into a
Christlike mind is the doorway to knowing God’s will
for a lifetime.
